The pre-B cell receptor checkpoint

FEBS Letters

Volumn 584, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2572-2579

  Mårtensson, Inga Lill ^a   Almqvist, Nina ^a   Grimsholm, Ola ^a   Bernardi, Angelina I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antibody; B cell; Negative selection; Positive selection; Pre B cell receptor checkpoint

Indexed keywords

B LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; CD19 ANTIGEN; CD24 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; LEUKOSIALIN; PRE B CELL RECEPTOR; RAG1 PROTEIN; RAG2 PROTEIN; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ALLELIC EXCLUSION; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; AUTOIMMUNITY; B CELL LEUKEMIA; B LYMPHOCYTE; BACTERIAL IMMUNITY; CELL SURFACE; COMPLEMENTARITY DETERMINING REGION; DOWN REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; NONHUMAN; PRE B LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MEMBRANE; GENE REARRANGEMENT, B-LYMPHOCYTE; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC DEFICIENCY SYNDROMES; MICE; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; MUTATION; PRE-B CELL RECEPTORS; PRECURSOR CELLS, B-LYMPHOID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 77953138257     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2010.04.057     Document Type: Review

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