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Pro-B cells sense productive immunoglobulin heavy chain rearrangement irrespective of polypeptide production.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 28 Jun 2011
Lutz Johannes, Heideman Marinus R, Roth Edith, van den Berk Paul, Müller Werner, Raman Chander, Wabl Matthias, Jacobs Heinz, Jäck Hans-Martin
Abstract excerpt
B-lymphocyte development is dictated by the protein products of functionally rearranged Ig heavy (H) and light (L) chain genes. Ig rearrangement begins in pro-B cells at the IgH locus. If pro-B cells generate a productive allele, they assemble a pre-B cell receptor complex, which signals their differentiation into pre-B cells and their clonal expansion. Pre-B cell receptor signals are also thought to contribute...
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