Article
Lambda5 is required for rearrangement of the Ig kappa light chain gene in pro-B cell lines.
International immunology - 1 Aug 1999
Miyazaki T, Kato I, Takeshita S, Karasuyama H, Kudo A
Abstract excerpt
Lambda5 associates with V(pre-B) to form the surrogate light (L) chain. The phenotype of lambda5 knockout mice showed severe impairment of B cell development from pro-B to immature B cell stages. To investigate the function of the surrogate L chain at this stage, we restored expression of lambda5 to lambda5-deficient pro-B cell lines which were established from bone marrow cells of lambda5 knockout mice in the...
Topics
- Animals
- B-Lymphocytes
- Bone Marrow Cells
- Cell Differentiation
- Cell Line
- Gene Expression Regulation
- Gene Rearrangement, B-Lymphocyte, Light Chain
- Gene Transfer Techniques
- Genes, Immunoglobulin
- Genetic Vectors
