Distinct stage-specific cis-active transcriptional mechanisms control expression of T cell coreceptor CD8α at double- and single-positive stages of thymic development

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 161, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 2254-2266

  Zhang, Xiao Li ^a   Seong, Rho ^b,c   Piracha, Rafia ^a   Larijani, Mani ^a   Heeney, Matthew ^a   Parnes, Jane R ^b   Chamberlain, John W ^a,d  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; DNA; LYT ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAGING; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD8; ANTIGENS, LY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSGENES;

EID: 0032169239     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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