B-cell maturation protein, which binds the tumor necrosis factor family members BAFF and APRIL, is dispensable for humoral immune responses

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 4067-4074

  Xu, Shengli ^a   Lam, Kong Peng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; SPLEEN; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; B-CELL ACTIVATING FACTOR; B-CELL MATURATION ANTIGEN; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL AGING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA PRIMERS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEUROPEPTIDES; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTORS, TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; SPLEEN; TRANSMEMBRANE ACTIVATOR AND CAML INTERACTOR PROTEIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0035007222     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.21.12.4067-4074.2001     Document Type: Article

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