Pre-clustering of the B cell antigen receptor demonstrated by mathematically extended electron microscopy

Frontiers in Immunology

Volumn 4, Issue DEC, 2013, Pages

  Fiala, Gina J ^a   Kaschek, Daniel ^a   Blumenthal, Britta ^a,b   Reth, Michael ^a,c   Timmer, Jens ^a   Schamel, Wolfgang W A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOBIOLOGY AND EPIGENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

BCR; Electron microscopy; Immuno gold labeling; Maximum likelihood method; Monte carlo simulation; Oligomerization

Indexed keywords

B LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN D;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING ASSAY; CELL ADHESION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MOUSE; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84892140345     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16643224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2013.00427     Document Type: Article

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