Tracking membrane and secretory immunoglobulina α heavy chain mRNA variation during B-cell differentiation by real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction

Immunology and Cell Biology

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 472-481

  Xiang, Sue D ^a   Benson, Elizabeth M ^a   Dunn, Ian S ^a  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Heavy chain; B cell; Cytokines; Immunoglobulin; mRNA; Quantitative polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

CELL ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2; MESSENGER RNA; SECRETORY IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; B LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMA CELL; PROTEIN SECRETION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TONSIL CELL;

ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, B-LYMPHOCYTE; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SEPARATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A, SECRETORY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-2; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, MESSENGER; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0035569306     PISSN: 08189641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1711.2001.01033.x     Document Type: Article

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