Basal Igα/Igβ signals trigger the coordinated initiation of pre-B cell antigen receptor-dependent processes

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 1000-1011

  Fuentes Pananá, Ezequiel M ^a   Bannish, Gregory ^a   Shah, Neelima ^a   Monroe, John G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; INTERLEUKIN 7; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; LIGAND;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE REARRANGEMENT; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRE B LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPLEEN CELL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ANIMAL; B LYMPHOCYTE; GENETICS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ALPHA-CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; INTERLEUKIN-7; LIGANDS; MICE; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, B-CELL; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 3142678737     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.173.2.1000     Document Type: Article

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