Molecular footprints of a germinal center derivation of human IgM +(IgD+)CD27 + B cells and the dynamics of memory B cell generation

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 206, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2659-2669

  Seifert, Marc ^a   Küppers, Ralf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD27 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN D; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; BCL6 PROTEIN, HUMAN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BLOOD; CELL CLONE; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERIVATIZATION; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA RECOMBINATION; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GERMINAL CENTER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEMORY CELL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATIC MUTATION; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; ADULT; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; IMMUNOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD27; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GERMINAL CENTER; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN D; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 73349114344     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: 15409538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20091087     Document Type: Article

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