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Further Reading
Baba Y, Matsumoto M and Kurosaki T (2014) Calcium signaling in B cells: regulation of cytosolic Ca2+ increase and its sensor molecules STIM1 and STIM2. Molecular Immunology 62: 339–343.
Goodnow CC, Vinuesa CG, Randall KL, et al. (2010) Control systems and decision making for antibody production. Nature Immunology 11: 681–688.
Harwood NE and Batista FD (2008) New insights into the early molecular events underlying B cell activation. Immunity 28: 609–619.
Kometani K and Kurosaki T (2015) Differentiation and maintenance of long‐lived plasma cells. Current Opinion in Immunology 33: 64–69.
Pereira JP, Kelly LM and Cyster JG (2010) Finding the right niche: B‐cell migration in the early phases of T‐dependent antibody responses. International Immunology 22: 413–419.
Victora GD and Nussenzweig MC (2012) Germinal centers. Annual Review of Immunology 30: 429–457.
Viola A and Gupta N (2007) Tether and trip: regulation of membrane‐raft dynamics by actin‐binding proteins. Nature Reviews Immunology 7: 889–896.