Multiple developmental stage-specific enhancers regulate CD8 expression in developing thymocytes and in thymus-independent T cells

Immunity

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 485-496

  Ellmeier, Wilfried ^a   Sunshine, Mary Jean ^a   Losos, Kasia ^b   Littman, Dan R ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; ENHANCER REGION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMOCYTE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0032191963     PISSN: 10747613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-7613(00)80632-9     Document Type: Article

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