T cell receptor δ gene rearrangement and T early α (TEA) expression in immature αβ lineagethymocytes: Implications for αβ/γδ lineage commitment

Immunity

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 37-45

  Wilson, Anne ^a   De Villartay, Jean Pierre ^b   MacDonald, H Robson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE; THYMOCYTE;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEMS, BASIC; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE REARRANGEMENT, DELTA-CHAIN T-CELL ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, GAMMA-DELTA; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0030019723     PISSN: 10747613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-7613(00)80296-4     Document Type: Article

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