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A single pre-B cell can give rise to antigen-specific B cells that utilize distinct immunoglobulin gene rearrangements.

Caton AJ. J Exp Med, 1990. Cited by 20 papers, by iCite.

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Title
A single pre-B cell can give rise to antigen-specific B cells that utilize distinct immunoglobulin gene rearrangements.
PubMed
Journal
J Exp Med
PubMed
Year
1990
PubMed
Publication types
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
PubMed
Citations, by iCite
20
iCite
Relative citation ratio, by iCite
0.38
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Revised in PubMed
2019-05-08
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Authors1

The authors in the order PubMed's record lists them, with the ORCID iDs it states.

OrderAuthorForenameKindORCID iD
1Caton AJA J

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Topics17

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MeSH termMajor
B-LymphocytesMajor topic
Gene RearrangementMajor topic
Genes, ImmunoglobulinMajor topic
Immunoglobulin Variable RegionMajor topic
Alleles
Amino Acid Sequence
Animals
Base Sequence
Blotting, Southern
DNA Probes
Hybridomas
Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains
Immunoglobulin J-Chains
Mice
Mice, Inbred BALB C
Molecular Sequence Data
Restriction Mapping

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Grant, as the record writes itAgencyCountryNIH projectStated bySource
AI-24541NIAID NIH HHSUnited StatesR01AI024541PubMed and NIHNIH RePORTER
R55AI024541NIHNIH RePORTER
R56AI024541NIHNIH RePORTER

References40

The papers the reference list in PubMed's record names, those in our copy of PubMed, in the list's order.

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45,442,171Association of allotypic specificities of group a with allotypic specificities A11 and A12 in rabbit immunoglobulin.Biochemistry1970https://conductscience.org/library/papers/5442171PubMed
51,195,397Detection of specific sequences among DNA fragments separated by gel electrophoresis.J Mol Biol1975https://conductscience.org/library/papers/1195397PubMed
696,180Pre-B cells: bone marrow persistence in anti-mu-suppressed mice, conversion to B lymphocytes, and recovery after destruction by cyclophosphamide.J Immunol1978https://conductscience.org/library/papers/96180PubMed
76,775,8175' flanking region of immunoglobulin heavy chain constant region genes displays length heterogeneity in germlines of inbred mouse strains.Cell1980https://conductscience.org/library/papers/6775817PubMed
86,804,938DNA between variable and joining gene segments of immunoglobulin kappa light chain is frequently retained in cells that rearrange the kappa locus.Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A1982https://conductscience.org/library/papers/6804938PubMed
96,287,467Joining of immunoglobulin heavy chain gene segments: implications from a chromosome with evidence of three D-JH fusions.Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A1982https://conductscience.org/library/papers/6287467PubMed
106,291,785Continuing kappa-gene rearrangement in a cell line transformed by Abelson murine leukemia virus.Cell1982https://conductscience.org/library/papers/6291785PubMed
116,600,489Generation of antibody diversity in the immune response of BALB/c mice to influenza virus hemagglutinin. I. Significant variation in repertoire expression between individual mice.J Exp Med1983https://conductscience.org/library/papers/6600489PubMed
126,308,665Recombination between antibody heavy chain variable-region genes: evidence for gene conversion.Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A1983https://conductscience.org/library/papers/6308665PubMed
136,420,335Pre-B cells in bone marrow: size distribution profile, proliferative capacity and peanut agglutinin binding of cytoplasmic mu chain-bearing cell populations in normal and regenerating bone marrow.Immunology1984https://conductscience.org/library/papers/6420335PubMed
146,546,718Evolution of a multigene family of V kappa germ line genes.EMBO J1984https://conductscience.org/library/papers/6546718PubMed
156,324,199kappa gene diversity among the clonal progeny of pre-B lymphocytes.Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A1984https://conductscience.org/library/papers/6324199PubMed
166,425,827Somatic diversification of immunoglobulins.Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A1984https://conductscience.org/library/papers/6425827PubMed
176,328,416Immunoglobulin gene 'remnant' DNA--implications for antibody gene recombination.Nucleic Acids Res1984https://conductscience.org/library/papers/6328416PubMed
186,203,114Generation of antibody diversity in the immune response of BALB/c mice to influenza virus hemagglutinin.Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A1984https://conductscience.org/library/papers/6203114PubMed
193,920,342Inter- and intraclonal diversity in the antibody response to influenza hemagglutinin.J Exp Med1985https://conductscience.org/library/papers/3920342PubMed
203,920,529Transmission and expression of a specific pair of rearranged immunoglobulin mu and kappa genes in a transgenic mouse line.Nature1985https://conductscience.org/library/papers/3920529PubMed

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Cited by8

The papers in our copy of PubMed whose reference list names this one, newest first. iCite, which reads more sources, counts 20 citations.

PMIDTitleJournalYearIn PapersSource
27,356,897Flow Cytometric and Cytokine ELISpot Approaches To Characterize the Cell-Mediated Immune Response in Ferrets following Influenza Virus Infection.J Virol2016https://conductscience.org/library/papers/27356897PubMed
10,562,316Restricted immunoglobulin variable region (Ig V) gene expression accompanies secondary rearrangements of light chain Ig V genes in mouse plasmacytomas.J Exp Med1999https://conductscience.org/library/papers/10562316PubMed
8,514,881
Restricted immunoglobulin VH usage and VDJ combinations in the human response to Haemophilus influenzae type b capsular polysaccharide. Nucleotide sequences of monospecific anti-Haemophilus antibodies and polyspecific antibodies cross-reacting with self antigens.
J Clin Invest1993https://conductscience.org/library/papers/8514881PubMed
8,478,611Restricted kappa chain expression in early ontogeny: biased utilization of V kappa exons and preferential V kappa-J kappa recombinations.J Exp Med1993https://conductscience.org/library/papers/8478611PubMed
8,436,417Characterization of a V kappa family in Mus musculus castaneus: sequence analysis.Immunogenetics1993https://conductscience.org/library/papers/8436417PubMed
8,436,416Characterization of a V kappa family in Mus musculus castaneus: expansion at the subset level.Immunogenetics1993https://conductscience.org/library/papers/8436416PubMed
1,676,047The mouse antibody response to infection with Cryptococcus neoformans: VH and VL usage in polysaccharide binding antibodies.J Exp Med1991https://conductscience.org/library/papers/1676047PubMed
1,537,338Enrichment and characterization of uncommitted B-cell precursors from fetal liver at day 12 of gestation.EMBO J1992https://conductscience.org/library/papers/1537338PubMed

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