Continued RAG expression in late stages of B cell development and no apparent re-induction after immunization

Nature

Volumn 400, Issue 6745, 1999, Pages 682-687

  Yu, Wong ^a   Nagaoka, Hitoshi ^a   Jankovic, Mila ^a,b   Misulovin, Ziva ^a   Suh, Heikyung ^a   Rolink, Antonius ^c   Melchers, Fritz ^c   Meffre, Eric ^a   Nussenzweig, Michel C ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^c Basel Institute for Immunology   (Serbia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; BONE MARROW; CELL MATURATION; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0033549813     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/23287     Document Type: Article

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