Interleukin 7 induces TCR gene rearrangement in adult marrow-resident murine precursor T cells

Molecular Immunology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 453-462

  Soloff, Rachel S ^a,b   Wang, Tong Gang ^a   Dempsey, Deborah ^a   Jennings, Stephen R ^a   Wolcott, R Michael ^a   Chervenak, Robert ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Interleukin 7; Precursor T cells; TCR gene rearrangement

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 7; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; CELL TRANSFORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; IMMUNOREGULATION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; BONE MARROW CELLS; CELLS, CULTURED; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE REARRANGEMENT, BETA-CHAIN T-CELL ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; GENE REARRANGEMENT, GAMMA-CHAIN T-CELL ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INTERLEUKIN-3; INTERLEUKIN-7; MICE; MICE, INBRED AKR; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RNA, MESSENGER; STEM CELL FACTOR; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 0030867838     PISSN: 01615890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-5890(97)00051-5     Document Type: Article

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