Secondary V(D)J rearrangements and B cell receptor-mediated down- regulation of recombination activating gene-2 expression in a murine B cell line

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 703-709

  Maës, Jérôme ^a   Caspi, Yael ^b   Rougeon, François ^a   Haimovich, Joseph ^b   Goodhardt, Michele ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

B LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN D; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION;

EID: 0343081020     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.165.2.703     Document Type: Article

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