Bach2: Plasma-cell differentiation takes a break

EMBO Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 3896-3897

  Kallies, Axel ^a   Nutt, Stephen L ^a  

^a WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

B LYMPHOCYTE INDUCED MATURATION PROTEIN 1; PROTEIN BACH2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SHORT SURVEY; SOMATIC HYPERMUTATION;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BASIC-LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CLASS SWITCHING; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLASMA CELLS;

EID: 78649699647     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2010.282     Document Type: Short Survey

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