An enhancer that directs lineage-specific expression of CD8 in positively selected thymocytes and mature T cells

Immunity

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 537-547

  Ellmeier, Wilfried ^a,b   Sunshine, Mary Jean ^a,b   Losos, Kasia ^c   Hatam, Farah ^a,b   Littman, Dan R ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL SELECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENHANCER REGION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOGENETICS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0030670312     PISSN: 10747613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-7613(00)80375-1     Document Type: Article

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