Precursor B cell receptor-dependent B cell proliferation and differentiation does not require the bone marrow or fetal liver environment

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 191, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 23-31

  Rolink, Antonius G ^a   Winkler, Thomas ^b   Melchers, Fritz ^a   Andersson, Jan ^a  

^a BASEL INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

5; B cell development; Bcl 2; c kit; Precursor B cell receptor

Indexed keywords

B LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; INTERLEUKIN 7; LYMPHOCYTE MEMBRANE IMMUNOGLOBULIN; TISSUE CULTURE MEDIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; BONE MARROW; CELL DIVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; FETUS LIVER; GENE REARRANGEMENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRE B LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROMA CELL;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BONE MARROW CELLS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; FETUS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INTERLEUKIN-7; LIVER; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, B-CELL;

EID: 0034598353     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.191.1.23     Document Type: Article

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