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Initiation of plasma-cell differentiation is independent of the transcription factor Blimp-1.
Immunity - 1 May 2007
Kallies Axel, Hasbold Jhagvaral, Fairfax Kirsten, Pridans Clare, Emslie Dianne, McKenzie Brent S, Lew Andrew M, Corcoran Lynn M, Hodgkin Philip D, Tarlinton David M, Nutt Stephen L
Abstract excerpt
Blimp-1 is considered an essential regulator of the terminal differentiation of B cells into antibody-secreting plasma cells. We show here that Rag1-/- mice reconstituted with fetal liver cells homozygous for a DNA-binding-deficient mutant of Prdm1 (the gene encoding Blimp-1) lack a defined plasm...
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