The CD3-γδε and CD3-ζ/η modules are each essential for allelic exclusion at the T cell receptor β locus but are both dispensable for the initiation of V to (D)J recombination at the T cell receptor-β, -γ, and - δ loci

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 187, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 105-116

  Ardouin, Laurence ^a   Ismaili, Jamila ^a   Malissen, Bernard ^a,b   Malissen, Marie ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; RNA; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; DNA POLYMERASE; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; PRIMER DNA; RECOMBINASE;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE REARRANGEMENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN STRUCTURE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; TRANSGENE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; GENE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; DNA PRIMERS; GENE REARRANGEMENT, BETA-CHAIN T-CELL ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; GENE REARRANGEMENT, DELTA-CHAIN T-CELL ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; GENE REARRANGEMENT, GAMMA-CHAIN T-CELL ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; GENES, RAG-1; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RECEPTOR-CD3 COMPLEX, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; VDJ RECOMBINASES;

EID: 0031594213     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.187.1.105     Document Type: Article

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