Activated Ras signals developmental progression of recombinase- activating gene (RAG)-deficient pro-B lymphocytes

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 123-129

  Shaw, Albert C ^a,b,c,d   Swat, Wojciech ^b,c   Ferrini, Roger ^b   Davidson, Laurie ^a,b   Alt, Frederick W ^a,b,c  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

B cell development; Pre B cell receptor; Ras; Recombinase activating gene 2 deficient blastocyst complementation; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; LEUKOSIALIN; RECOMBINASE; RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BLASTOCYST; GENE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE RAS; PRE B LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURVIVAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, RAG-1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA-CHAINS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PHENOTYPE; RAS PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0033521687     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.189.1.123     Document Type: Article

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