Events that regulate differentiation of αβ TCR+ and γδ TCR+ T cells from a common precursor

Seminars in Immunology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 171-179

  Kang, Joonsoo ^a   Raulet, David H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

T cell development; T cell lineage decision; T cell receptor gene expression; T cell receptor gene rearrangement; T cell receptor transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN;

ARTICLE; CELL LINEAGE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; ONTOGENY; RECEPTOR GENE; STEM CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0031170879     PISSN: 10445323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/smim.1997.0069     Document Type: Article

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