Developmental regulation of VDJ recombination by the core fragment of the T cell receptor α enhancer

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 131-140

  Roberts, Joseph L ^a   Lauzurica, Pilar ^a,b   Krangel, Michael S ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE LA PRINCESA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMPLEX FORMATION; ENHANCER REGION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; DNA PRIMERS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE REARRANGEMENT, DELTA-CHAIN T-CELL ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, GAMMA-DELTA; T-LYMPHOCYTES; VDJ RECOMBINASES;

EID: 0031026910     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.185.1.131     Document Type: Article

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