Molecular defects in TCRBV genes preclude thymic selection and limit the expressed TCR repertoire

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 170-175

  Currier, Jeffrey R ^a   Yassai, Maryam ^b   Robinson, Mary Ann ^a   Gorski, Jack ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b BLOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; INTRON; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; STOP CODON; THYMUS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; READING FRAMES; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; RNA SPLICING; RNA, MESSENGER; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0029894225     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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