The reduced expression of surrogate light chains in B cell precursors from senescent BALB/c mice is associated with decreased E2A proteins

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 118, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 45-59

  Sherwood, Erin M ^a   Xu, Wei ^a   King, Anne M ^a   Blomberg, Bonnie B ^a   Riley, Richard L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

B lymphopoiesis; E2A; Surrogate light chains; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN; INTERLEUKIN 7; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BONE MARROW CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; LYMPHOPOIESIS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENESCENCE; STEM CELL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AGING; ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIESIS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAINS; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; RNA, MESSENGER; TCF TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0034283065     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-6374(00)00157-3     Document Type: Article

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