A novel mouse thymocyte antigen (F3Ag): Down-regulation during the CD4+CD8+ double-positive stage indicates positive selection

International Immunology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 101-113

  Barthlott, Thomas ^c   Potocnik, Alexandre J ^c   Kohler, Hubertus ^c   Carsetti, Rita ^c   Pircher, Hanspeter ^a   Fowlkes, B J ^b   Eichmann, Klaus ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

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

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOBIOLOGY AND EPIGENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

CD4; CD8; T cell development; TCR; Thymic selection; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SELECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; ORGAN CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMOCYTE; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, CD4; ANTIGENS, CD8; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DOWN-REGULATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, MHC CLASS I; GENES, MHC CLASS II; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0030032328     PISSN: 09538178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intimm/8.1.101     Document Type: Article

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