Bcl-2 rescues the germinal center response but does not alter the V gene somatic hypermutation spectrum in MSH2-deficient mice

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 169, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 3819-3824

  Alabyev, Boris ^a   Manser, Tim ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN MSH2; PYRIMIDINE NUCLEOTIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BASE MISPAIRING; CELL DEATH; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPAIR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPLICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GERMINAL CENTER; MISMATCH REPAIR; MOUSE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOMATIC MUTATION; V GENE;

EID: 0036784624     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.169.7.3819     Document Type: Article

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