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Journal of Immunology

Volumn 181, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 5815-5816

  Berg, Leslie J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN GP 130; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR RECEPTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN 21; INTERLEUKIN 3 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 7; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR ALPHA; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; IL2RG PROTEIN, HUMAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; B LYMPHOCYTE; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; BETA CHAIN; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CELL MATURATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE THERAPY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; NATURAL KILLER T CELL; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTO ONCOGENE; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS DISEASE; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; X LINKED SEVERE COMBINED IMMUNODEFICIENCY; ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENETICS; HISTORY; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MOUSE;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN RECEPTOR COMMON GAMMA SUBUNIT; MALE; MICE; T-LYMPHOCYTES; X-LINKED COMBINED IMMUNODEFICIENCY DISEASES;

EID: 58749111478     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.181.9.5815     Document Type: Note

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