Early and late B-cell development in the mouse
β Scribed by Klaus Rajewsky
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 846 KB
- Volume
- 4
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0952-7915
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β¦ Synopsis
A common principle in B-cell development is the stringent selection of cells expressing appropriate antibody V regions as surface receptors. Cells failing to do so appear destined to rapid death. These life-death decisions are mediated by signals whose nature is not yet understood but whose generation involves immunoglobulin receptor complexes on B cells and B-cell progenitors.
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