Role of receptor revision in forming a B cell repertoire

Clinical Immunology

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-8

  Seagal, Jane ^a   Melamed, Doron ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

B LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN; RECOMBINASE;

B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL CYCLE; CELL MATURATION; CELL SURVIVAL; DNA RECOMBINATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GERMINAL CENTER; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR INTRINSIC ACTIVITY; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0036800865     PISSN: 15216616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/clim.2002.5290     Document Type: Review

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