Germinal center checkpoints in B cell tolerance in 3H9 transgenic mice

International Immunology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 377-384

  Paul, Elahna ^a,b,c   Lutz, Johannes ^c   Erikson, Jan ^d   Carroll, Michael C ^a,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR BLOOD RESEARCH   (United States)

^d WISTAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti DNA antibody; Autoimmunity; Somatic mutation

Indexed keywords

B LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; CYTOSINE; DNA ANTIBODY; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; GUANINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GERMINAL CENTER; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATIC MUTATION; SPLEEN CELL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BASE SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT, B-LYMPHOCYTE, HEAVY CHAIN; GENE REARRANGEMENT, B-LYMPHOCYTE, LIGHT CHAIN; GERMINAL CENTER; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA-CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LAMBDA-CHAINS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; SPLEEN;

EID: 1042292575     PISSN: 09538178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intimm/dxh035     Document Type: Article

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