Autoreactive anti-DNA transgenic B cells in lupus-prone New Zealand black/New Zealand white mice show near perfect L chain allelic exclusion

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 182, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 6143-6148

  Makdasi, Efi ^a   Fischel, Ruth ^a   Kat, Inbal ^a   Eilat, Dan ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ALLELIC EXCLUSION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL SURVIVAL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; HYBRIDOMA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; LUPUS VULGARIS; MOUSE; NEW ZEALAND BLACK MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENICS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; AUTOIMMUNITY; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONAL DELETION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE KNOCK-IN TECHNIQUES; GENE REARRANGEMENT, B-LYMPHOCYTE; HYBRIDOMAS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, B-CELL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 77952353798     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0803610     Document Type: Article

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