Functions of TCR and pre-TCR subunits: Lessons from gene ablation

Current Opinion in Immunology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 383-393

  Malissen, Bernard ^a   Malissen, Marie ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE TARGETING; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS;

EID: 0030175830     PISSN: 09527915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-7915(96)80129-4     Document Type: Article

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