Germinal center initiation, variable gene region hypermutation, and mutant B cell selection without detectable immune complexes on follicular dendritic cells

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 192, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 931-942

  Hannum, Lynn G ^a   Haberman, Ann M ^a   Anderson, Shannon M ^a   Shlomchik, Mark J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

B lymphocyte; Immunological memory; Lambda light chain; Surface immunoglobulin; Transgenic mouse

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LAMBDA CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LYMPHOCYTE MEMBRANE IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; DENDRITIC CELL; GERMINAL CENTER; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE COMPLEX DEPOSITION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATIC MUTATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY COMPLEX; B-LYMPHOCYTES; DENDRITIC CELLS, FOLLICULAR; FEMALE; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; GERMINAL CENTER; HAPTENS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LAMBDA-CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROPHENOLS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, B-CELL;

EID: 0034596892     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.192.7.931     Document Type: Article

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