Transient restoration of gene rearrangement at multiple T cell receptor loci in γ-irradiated scid mice

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 184, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 419-428

  Livák, Ferenc ^a   Welsh, Susan C ^a   Guidos, Cynthia J ^c,d   Crispe, I Nicholas ^a   Danska, Jayne S ^c,d   Schatz, David G ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; GAMMA IRRADIATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; IRRADIATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCID MOUSE; THYMOCYTE;

EID: 0029788298     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.184.2.419     Document Type: Article

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