Receptor revision of immunoglobulin heavy chain variable region genes in normal human B lymphocytes

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 191, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1881-1894

  Wilson, Patrick C ^a,b   Wilson, Kenneth ^a   Liu, Yong Jun ^c   Banchereau, Jacques ^d   Pascual, Virginia ^d   Capra, J Donald ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d Baylor Institute for Immunology   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunoglobulin heavy chain; Receptor editing; Receptor revision; Recombination; Variable region

Indexed keywords

B LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; LYMPHOID TISSUE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE REARRANGEMENT, B-LYMPHOCYTE, HEAVY CHAIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, B-CELL; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 0034608480     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.191.11.1881     Document Type: Article

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