The Cytoplasmic Domain of Igα Is Necessary and Sufficient to Support Efficient Early B Cell Development

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 172, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 2210-2218

  Pike, Kelly A ^a,b   Iacampo, Sandra ^c   Friedmann, Jennifer E ^c   Ratcliffe, Michael J H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

B LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; CD79B ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOGLOBULIN RECEPTOR; RETROVIRUS VECTOR; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURFACE; CHICKEN; CHIMERA; COLONY FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE CONVERSION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; LYMPHOCYTE CLONE; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRE B LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

EID: 0842278643     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.172.4.2210     Document Type: Article

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