A DNA binding protein in human thymocytes recognizes the T cell receptor-δ-deleting element ψjα

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 156, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 3806-3814

  Verschuren, Martie C M ^a   Van Bergen, Cristel J L ^a   Van Gastel Mol, Ellen J ^a   Bogers, Ad J J C ^a   Van Dongen, Jacques J M ^a,b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR DELTA CHAIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENE DELETION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE;

ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE REARRANGEMENT, T-LYMPHOCYTE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PSEUDOGENES; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, GAMMA-DELTA; SEQUENCE DELETION; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0029918212     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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