An activation-induced cytidine deaminase-independent mechanism of secondary VH gene rearrangement in preimmune human B cells

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 181, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 7825-7834

  Longo, Nancy S ^a   Grundy, Gabrielle J ^b   Lee, Jisoo ^a   Gellert, Martin ^b   Lipsky, Peter E ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ARGININE; CYTIDINE DEAMINASE; GLYCINE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BLOOD; BONE MARROW; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS LIVER; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

EID: 71849094776     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.181.11.7825     Document Type: Article

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