B-lymphocyte commitment: Identifying the point of no return

Seminars in Immunology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 335-340

  Welinder, Eva ^b   Åhsberg, Josefine ^a   Sigvardsson, Mikael ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

B lymphocyte; Common lymphoid progenitors; Differentiation; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR E2A; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR EBF 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

B LYMPHOCYTE; B LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL LINEAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRE B LYMPHOCYTE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; LYMPHOID PROGENITOR CELLS;

EID: 82555179207     PISSN: 10445323     EISSN: 10963618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smim.2011.08.005     Document Type: Review

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