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xid affects events leading to B cell cycle entry.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 1 Jul 1997
Brorson K, Brunswick M, Ezhevsky S, Wei D G, Berg R, Scott D, Stein K E
Abstract excerpt
X-linked agammaglobulinemia patients and X-linked immunodeficient (xid) mice possess mutations in the Bruton's tyrosine kinase (Btk kinase) gene and display defects in B cell development and activation by sIg cross-linking. Btk is an early activation kinase in sIg-cross-linked B cells. xid does not ablate Btk protein kinase activity, and immediate signal transduction events, such as tyrosine phosphorylation,...
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