The BCL-6 proto-oncogene controls germinal-centre formation and Th2- type inflammation

Nature Genetics

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 161-170

  Ye, Bihui H ^a   Cattoretti, Giorgio ^a   Shen, Qiong ^a   Zhang, Jiandong ^a   Hawe, Nicola ^b   De Waard, Rick ^a   Leung, Cynthia ^a   Nouri Shirazi, Mahyar ^a   Orazi, Attilio ^c   Chaganti, R S K ^b   Rothman, Paul ^a   Stall, Alan M ^a   Pandolfi, Pier Paolo ^b   Dalla Favera, Riccardo ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHIL; GERMINAL CENTER; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOUSE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTO ONCOGENE; SPLEEN; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GERM CELLS; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-6; TH2 CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 17144439800     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng0697-161     Document Type: Article

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