Defective TCR expression in transgenic mice constructed using cDNA- based α- and β-chain genes under the control of heterologous regulatory elements

Immunology and Cell Biology

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 34-40

  Barnden, Megan J ^a,c   Allison, Jan ^b   Heath, William R ^b   Carbone, Francis R ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Australia)

^b WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

CDNA; Genomic DNA; MHC class II restricted; Ovalbumin; T cell receptor; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, T-CELL RECEPTOR ALPHA; GENES, T-CELL RECEPTOR BETA; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; OVALBUMIN; PHENOTYPE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0031897801     PISSN: 08189641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1711.1998.00709.x     Document Type: Article

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