Position-Dependent Variegation of a CD4 Minigene with Targeted Expression to Mature CD4+ T Cells

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 159, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 3383-3390

  Boyer, Olivier ^a   Zhao, Jing Chao ^a   Cohen, José L ^b   Depetris, Danielle ^c   Yagello, Micael ^a   Lejeune, Laurence ^b   Bruel, Sylvie ^a   Mattéï, Marie Geneviève ^c   Klatzmann, David ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Genopoietic S A R L   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD4; ANTIGENS, CD8; BASE SEQUENCE; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSGENES;

EID: 0031253738     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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