Developmental regulation of V(D)J recombination at the TCR α/δ locus

Immunological Reviews

Volumn 165, Issue , 1998, Pages 131-147

  Krangel, Michael S ^a   Hernandez Munain, Cristina ^a   Lauzurica, Pilar ^b   McMurry, Michelle ^a   Roberts, Joseph L ^a   Zhong, Xiao Ping ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; DNA; RECOMBINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

CELL LINEAGE; DNA RECOMBINATION; ENHANCER REGION; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; REGULATOR GENE; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE;

EID: 0031785837     PISSN: 01052896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-065X.1998.tb01236.x     Document Type: Review

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