Subunit composition of pre-T cell receptor complexes expressed by primary thymocytes: CD3δ is physically associated but not functionally required

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 186, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1461-1467

  Berger, Marc A ^a   Davé, Vibhuti ^a   Rhodes, Michele R ^a   Bosma, Gayle C ^a   Bosma, Melvin J ^a   Kappes, Dietmar J ^a   Wiest, David L ^a  

^a FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; DISULFIDE; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR DELTA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GAMMA CHAIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMOCYTE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MEMBRANE; DIMERIZATION; DISULFIDES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RECEPTOR-CD3 COMPLEX, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, GAMMA-DELTA; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0030694310     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.186.9.1461     Document Type: Article

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