An opposite pattern of selection of a single T cell antigen receptor in the thymus and among intraepithelial lymphocytes

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 255-265

  Cruz, Daniel ^a,b   Sydora, Beate C ^a   Hetzel, Kristine ^a   Yakoub, Gian ^a   Kronenberg, Mitchell ^a,b   Cheroutre, Hilde ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LA JOLLA INSTITUTE FOR ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coreceptors; Intraepithelial lymphocytes; Positive selection; T cells

Indexed keywords

CD8 ANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CROSS LINKING; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMUS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD8; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0031821756     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.188.2.255     Document Type: Article

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