Loss of precursor B cell expansion but not allelic exclusion in VpreB1/VpreB2 double-deficient mice

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 193, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 435-445

  Mundt, Cornelia ^a   Licence, Steve ^a   Shimizu, Takeyuki ^b   Melchers, Fritz ^b   Mårtensson, Inga Lill ^a  

^a BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b BASEL INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

B cell deficiency; B cell development; B1 a B cells; Pre B cell receptor; Surrogate light chain

Indexed keywords

B LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRE B LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BONE MARROW CELLS; CELL LINEAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, B-CELL; SPLEEN;

EID: 0035910752     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.193.4.435     Document Type: Article

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