Partial block in B lymphocyte development at the transition into the pre-B cell receptor stage in V(pre-B1)-deficient mice

International Immunology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 453-460

  Mårtensson, Annica ^a   Argon, Yair ^d   Melchers, Fritz ^b   Dul, Jeanne L ^d   Mårtensson, Inga Lill ^a,c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b BASEL INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Deficiency 5; Pre B cell receptor; Surrogate light chain; V(pre B)

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN; LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRE B LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN;

EID: 18744437511     PISSN: 09538178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intimm/11.3.453     Document Type: Article

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