A targeted mutation at the T-cell receptor α/δ locus impairs T-cell development and reveals the presence of the nearby antiapoptosis gene Dad1

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 2151-2157

  Hong, Nancy A ^a   Cado, Dragana ^a   Mitchell, James ^a   Ortiz, Benjamin D ^a   Hsieh, Sherry N ^a   Winoto, Astar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR DELTA CHAIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE TARGETING; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; T LYMPHOCYTE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0030938918     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.17.4.2151     Document Type: Article

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