IL-7 supports D-J but not V-DJ rearrangement of TCR-β gene in fetal liver progenitor cells

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 156, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 3233-3242

  Tsuda, Shoko ^a   Rieke, Suzanne ^b   Hashimoto, Yasuhiro ^b   Nakauchi, Hiromitsu ^a   Takahama, Yousuke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b Syntex Roche Institute of Immunology   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FETUS LIVER; GENE REARRANGEMENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DEOXYGUANOSINE; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT, T-LYMPHOCYTE; INTERLEUKIN-7; LIVER; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED ICR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; STEM CELLS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0029994684     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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