Expression of the recombination-activating genes in extrafollicular lymphocytes but no apparent reinduction in germinal center reactions in human tonsils

Blood

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 531-537

  Meru, Nadine ^a   Jung, Andreas ^a   Baumann, Irith ^a   Niedobitek, Gerald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE; RAG1 PROTEIN; RAG2 PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GERMINAL CENTER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INFANT; LYMPH NODE HYPERPLASIA; ONTOGENY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETICULOENDOTHELIAL SYSTEM; SPLENECTOMY; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THYMUS; TONSIL;

EID: 0037079710     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood.V99.2.531     Document Type: Article

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