A unique role for the λ5 nonimmunoglobulin tail in early B lymphocyte development

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 181, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 3232-3242

  Vettermann, Christian ^a   Herrmann, Kai ^a   Albert, Christine ^a   Roth, Edith ^a   Bösl, Michael R ^b   Jäck, Hans Martin ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; HEPARAN SULFATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LAMBDA CHAIN; LAMBDA 5 NONIMMUNOGLOBULIN; SURROGATE IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AUTOANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN MU CHAIN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL EXPANSION; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SIZE; CELL SURFACE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TRANSFER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRE B LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STROMA CELL; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; AUTOANTIGENS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAINS, SURROGATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN MU-CHAINS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, B-CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 51549120217     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.181.5.3232     Document Type: Article

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