Interleukin (IL)-4-independent immunoglobulin class switch to immunoglobulin (Ig)E in the mouse

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 184, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1651-1661

  Morawetz, Renate A ^a   Gabriele, Lucia ^a   Rizzo, Luiz V ^b   Noben Trauth, Nancy ^f   Kühn, Ralf ^d   Rajewsky, Klaus ^d   Müller, Werner ^d   Doherty, T Mark ^c   Finkelman, Fred ^e   Coffman, Robert L ^c   Morse III, Herbert C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN CLASS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 4;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE REARRANGEMENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 10544250249     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.184.5.1651     Document Type: Article

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