Fas is required for clonal selection in germinal centers and the subsequent establishment of the memory B cell repertoire

Immunity

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 181-192

  Takahashi, Yoshimasa ^a   Ohta, Hiromi ^a   Takemori, Toshitada ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CD8 ANTIGEN; FAS ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY PRODUCING CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; GERMINAL CENTER; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MEMORY CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOMATIC MUTATION;

EID: 0035099037     PISSN: 10747613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-7613(01)00100-5     Document Type: Article

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