Heterogeneity of tonsillar subepithelial B lymphocytes, the splenic marginal zone equivalents

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 164, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 5596-5604

  Dono, Mariella ^a,b   Zupo, Simona ^a   Leanza, Nicolò ^a,b   Melioli, Giovanni ^a   Fogli, Manuela ^a   Melagrana, Andrea ^c   Chiorazzi, Nicholas ^d   Ferrarini, Manlio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^d NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL HETEROGENEITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONSIL;

EID: 0034089517     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.164.11.5596     Document Type: Article

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