Myelin basic protein-specific and TCR Vβ8.2-specific T-cell lines from TCR Vβ8.2 Transgenic mice utilize the same Vα and Vβ genes: Specificity associated with the VαCDR3-Jα region

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 489-499

  Buenafe, Abigail C ^a,b   Tsu, Rachel C ^c   Bebo Jr , Bruce ^a   Vandenbark, Arthur A ^a,b,c   Offner, Halina ^a,c  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

autoimmunity; CDR3 sequence; experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis; myelin basic protein; TCR transgene

Indexed keywords

MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN;

ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYELIN BASIC PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0031044755     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4547(19970301)47:5<489::AID-JNR4>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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