Transitional B cells lose their ability to receptor edit but retain their potential for positive and negative selection

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 179, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 7544-7552

  Wang, Hongsheng ^a   Feng, Jianxun ^a   Qi, Chen Feng ^a   Li, Zhaoyang ^a   Morse III, Herbert C ^a   Clarke, Stephen H ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

B LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN J RECOMBINATION SIGNAL SEQUENCE BINDING PROTEIN; RAG1 PROTEIN; RAG2 PROTEIN; ANTIBODY; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HISTONE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; LYSINE; RAG 1 PROTEIN; RAG-1 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; V(D)J RECOMBINATION ACTIVATING PROTEIN 2;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL STIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRE B LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ACETYLATION; ANIMAL; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; B LYMPHOCYTE; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METHYLATION; MOUSE MUTANT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ACETYLATION; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY REACTIONS; APOPTOSIS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HISTONES; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; LYSINE; METHYLATION; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, B-CELL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 38849196279     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.179.11.7544     Document Type: Article

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