Structure and function of the pre-T cell receptor

Annual Review of Immunology

Volumn 15, Issue , 1997, Pages 433-452

  Von Boehmer, Harald ^a   Fehling, Hans Jörg ^b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b BASEL INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

pre TCR ; pT ; T cell development; T cell receptor; thymus

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN;

DISULFIDE BOND; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMOCYTE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD3; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0030963615     PISSN: 07320582     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.immunol.15.1.433     Document Type: Review

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