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Cutting edge: B cell linker protein is dispensable for the allelic exclusion of immunoglobulin heavy chain locus but required for the persistence of CD5+ B cells.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 15 Oct 2000
Xu S, Wong S C, Lam K P
Abstract excerpt
The pre-B cell receptor (pre-BCR) and the BCR are required for B lymphopoiesis and for the allelic exclusion of Ig genes. Mice lacking B cell linker (BLNK) protein that is a component of the BCR signaling pathway have impaired B cell development. In this report, we show that allelic exclusion is intact in BLNK(-/-) mice harboring a V(H)12 transgene. This differs from mice lacking the tyrosine kinase Syk that is...
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