Analysis of T cell receptor β chains in the rat: I. Allelic polymorphism of Vβ8.2 is not a predisposing genetic factor in susceptibility to experimental allergic encephalomyelitis

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 700-705

  Gold, D P ^a   Schroder, K ^a   Mueller, D B ^a   Wilson, D B ^a  

^a SIDNEY KIMMEL CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

EAE; multiple sclerosis; TCR polymorphism

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN;

ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, AUTOIMMUNE, EXPERIMENTAL; GENE REARRANGEMENT, BETA-CHAIN T-CELL ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HAPLOTYPES; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; LYMPH NODES; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; SPINAL CORD; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0029766870     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4547(19960915)45:6<700::AID-JNR6>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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