T cell receptor (TCR) mini-gene mRNA expression regulated by nonsense codons: A nuclear-associated translation-like mechanism

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 185, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 985-992

  Li, Shulin ^a   Leonard, Deana ^a   Wilkinson, Miles F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SEGREGATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HYPOTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PARVOVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SPLICING; RNA TRANSLATION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STOP CODON;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CODON; DOWN-REGULATION; EXONS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MAMMALS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; TERMINATOR REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0031004756     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.185.6.985     Document Type: Article

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