T-cell receptor α locus V(D)J recombination by-products are abundant in thymocytes and mature T cells

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 609-618

  Livak, Ferenc ^a   Schatz, David G ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 0030069149     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mcb.16.2.609     Document Type: Article

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