Multiple rearrangements in T cell receptor α chain genes maximize the production of useful thymocytes

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 1993, Pages 615-622

  Petrie, Howard T ^a   Livak, Ferenc ^b,c   Schatz, David G ^b,c   Strasser, Andreas ^a   Crispe, I Nicholas ^c   Shortman, Ken ^a  

^a WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ALLELE; ALPHA CHAIN; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; CELL DEATH; CELL MATURATION; CELL SURFACE; CELL SURVIVAL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN STRUCTURE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOMBINANT GENE; THYMOCYTE;

ANIMAL; ANTIGENS, CD3; CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; GENE REARRANGEMENT, ALPHA-CHAIN T-CELL ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0027220211     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: 15409538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.178.2.615     Document Type: Article

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