Germinal Center B Cell Dynamics

Immunity

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 471-482

  Mesin, Luka ^a   Ersching, Jonatan ^a   Victora, Gabriel D ^a  

^a WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY AFFINITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; B LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL MATURATION; CLONAL VARIATION; EVOLUTION; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GERMINAL CENTER; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; LYMPHOCYTE CLONE; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ANIMAL; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; B-LYMPHOCYTES; GERMINAL CENTER; HUMANS; IMMUNITY;

EID: 84990888264     PISSN: 10747613     EISSN: 10974180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2016.09.001     Document Type: Review

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