Perinatal deletion of B cells expressing surface Ig molecules that lack V(D)J-encoded determinants in the bursa of fabricius is not due to intrafollicular competition

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 164, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 5041-5048

  Sayegh, Camil E ^a   Ratcliffe, Michael J H ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOGLOBULIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BURSA FABRICII; CHICKEN; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE CONVERSION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; LYMPHOID ORGAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 0034657255     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.164.10.5041     Document Type: Article

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