Antibody regulation of B cell development

Nature Immunology

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 379-385

  Meffre, Eric ^a   Casellas, Rafael ^b   Nussenzweig, Michel C ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN RECEPTOR;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; B LYMPHOCYTE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MUTATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLONAL DELETION; GENE REARRANGEMENT, B-LYMPHOCYTE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; SELECTION (GENETICS); SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0034331995     PISSN: 15292908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/80816     Document Type: Review

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