Mice lacking the MHC class II transactivator (CIITA) show tissue-specific impairment of MHC class II expression

Immunity

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 167-178

  Chang, Cheong Hee ^d   Guerder, Sylvie ^c   Hong, Soon Cheol ^d   Van Ewijk, Willem ^b   Flavell, Richard A ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; DENDRITIC CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOUSE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS;

EID: 0029968925     PISSN: 10747613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-7613(00)80681-0     Document Type: Article

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