Expression and reexpression of recombination activating genes: Relevance to the development of autoimmune states

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1050, Issue , 2005, Pages 10-18

  Hillion, Sophie ^a   Rochas, Caroline ^a   Youinou, Pierre ^a,b   Jamin, Christophe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^b BREST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; B cells; RAG

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; CD5 ANTIGEN; RAG1 PROTEIN; RAG2 PROTEIN; RECEPTOR;

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; BONE MARROW; CLONAL ANERGY; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GERMINAL CENTER; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; SOMATIC HYPERMUTATION;

EID: 23744478282     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1313.002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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