Identification of a T cell lineage-specific RNA/DNA helicase and its cell surface expression during intrathymic education of αβ and γδ T cells

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 3269-3282

  Miazek, Arkadiusz ^a   Brockhaus, Manfred ^b   Langen, Hanno ^b   Braun, Andrea ^a   Kisielow, Pawel ^a  

^a BASEL INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Helicase; T cell; Thymic education

Indexed keywords

HELICASE; RNA HELICASE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR DELTA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GAMMA CHAIN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; RNA POLYMERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL SURFACE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE; THYMOCYTE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CELL LINEAGE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; THYMUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL LINEAGE; DNA HELICASES; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, GAMMA-DELTA; RNA HELICASES; RNA NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0031471531     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.1830271226     Document Type: Article

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