In vitro positive selection of αβ TCR transgenic thymocytes by a conditionally immortalized cortical epithelial clone

International Immunology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 381-393

  Tanaka, Yujiro ^a   Williams, Owen ^a   Tarazona, Raquel ^a   Wack, Andreas ^a   Norton, Trisha ^a   Kioussis, Dimitris ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Reaggregate culture; TCR transgenic mouse; Thymic cortical epithelial clone; Thymic selection

Indexed keywords

H2 ANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CLONE; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; EPITHELIUM CELL; H2 SYSTEM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROMA CELL; THYMOCYTE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; CLONAL DELETION; CLONE CELLS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DENDRITIC CELLS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; H-2 ANTIGENS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; KIDNEY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; SELECTION (GENETICS); T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0031041987     PISSN: 09538178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intimm/9.3.381     Document Type: Article

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