RAG reexpression and DNA recombination at T cell receptor loci in peripheral CD4+ T cells

Immunity

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 637-647

  McMahan, Catherine J ^a   Fink, Pamela J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; DNA; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA RECOMBINATION; GENE LOCUS; HELPER CELL; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE; TRANSGENE;

EID: 0032212784     PISSN: 10747613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-7613(00)80661-5     Document Type: Article

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