A bird's eye view on human B cells

Seminars in Immunology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 277-281

  Weill, Jean Claude ^a   Weller, Sandra ^a   Reynaud, Claude Agnès ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Gene conversion; Gut associated lymphoid tissue; Hypermutation; Pre immune repertoire

Indexed keywords

ANTIGENICITY; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GENE CONVERSION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOGENETICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; RABBIT; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TECHNIQUE; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

EID: 7444269831     PISSN: 10445323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smim.2004.08.007     Document Type: Article

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