Crucial function of the pre-T-cell receptor (TCR) in TCRβ selection, TCRβ allelic exclusion and αβ versus γδ lineage commitment

Immunological Reviews

Volumn 165, Issue , 1998, Pages 111-119

  Von Boehmer, Harald ^a,b   Aifantis, Iannis ^a   Azogui, Orly ^a   Feinberg, Jacqueline ^a   Saint Ruf, Claude ^a   Zober, Carole ^a   Garcia, Corinne ^a   Buer, Jan ^a  

^a HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN;

ALLELE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEM CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE;

EID: 0031726324     PISSN: 01052896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-065x.1998.tb01234.x     Document Type: Review

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