0 3 The the DT 4 8 role role NN 9 11 of of IN 12 16 BSAP BSAP NNP 17 18 ( ( ( 18 23 Pax-5 Pax-5 NNP 23 24 ) ) ) 25 27 in in IN 28 34 B-cell b-cell NN 35 46 development development NN 46 47 . . . 49 52 The the DT 53 62 hierarchy hierarchy NN 63 65 of of IN 66 81 transcriptional transcriptional JJ 82 89 control control NN 90 92 in in IN 93 99 B-cell b-cell NN 100 111 development development NN 112 115 has have VBZ 116 124 recently recently RB 125 129 been be VBN 130 138 analyzed analyze VBN 139 141 by by IN 142 150 targeted target VBN 151 155 gene gene NN 156 168 inactivation inactivation NN 169 171 in in IN 172 175 the the DT 176 181 mouse mouse NN 181 182 . . . 183 185 In in IN 186 190 this this DT 191 197 manner manner NN 197 198 , , , 199 202 the the DT 203 209 paired paired JJ 210 213 box box NN 214 224 containing contain VBG 225 229 gene gene NN 230 235 Pax-5 pax-5 NN 235 236 , , , 237 245 encoding encode VBG 246 249 the the DT 250 251 B B NNP 252 256 cell cell NN 257 265 specific specific JJ 266 279 transcription transcription NN 280 286 factor factor NN 287 291 BSAP BSAP NNP 291 292 , , , 293 296 has have VBZ 297 301 been be VBN 302 307 shown show VBN 308 310 to to TO 311 315 play play VB 316 317 a a DT 318 321 key key JJ 322 326 role role NN 327 329 in in IN 330 335 early early JJ 336 337 B B NNP 338 351 lymphopoiesis lymphopoiesis NN 351 352 . . . 353 358 Other other JJ 359 371 experimental experimental JJ 372 382 strategies strategy NNS 383 387 have have VBP 388 398 implicated implicate VBN 399 403 BSAP bsap NN 404 406 in in IN 407 410 the the DT 411 418 control control NN 419 421 of of IN 422 426 cell cell NN 427 440 proliferation proliferation NN 440 441 , , , 442 449 isotype isotype NN 450 459 switching switching NN 460 463 and and CC 464 477 transcription transcription NN 478 480 of of IN 481 484 the the DT 485 499 immunoglobulin immunoglobulin NN 500 511 heavy-chain heavy-chain JJ 512 516 gene gene NN 517 519 at at IN 520 524 late late JJ 525 531 stages stage NNS 532 534 of of IN 535 541 B-cell b-cell NN 542 557 differentiation differentiation NN 557 558 . . .