B cells take their time: Sequential IgG class switching over the course of an immune response

Immunology and Cell Biology

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 645-646

  Van Zelm, Menno C ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD40 LIGAND; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN D; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CLASS;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN BINDING; B LYMPHOCYTE; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; COMPLEMENT FIXATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GERMINAL CENTER; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MEMORY CELL; NOTE; SARCOIDOSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOMATIC HYPERMUTATION; T LYMPHOCYTE; GENETICS; MUTATION; VDJ EXON;

HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ISOTYPES; MUTATION; VDJ EXONS;

EID: 84926145753     PISSN: 08189641     EISSN: 14401711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/icb.2014.48     Document Type: Note

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