Requirement of CD3 complex-associated signaling functions for expression of rearranged T cell receptor βVDJ genes in early thymic development

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 188, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1669-1678

  Würch, Andreas ^a   Biro, Judit ^a   Potocnik, Alexandre J ^a   Falk, Ingrid ^a   Mossmann, Horst ^a   Eichmann, Klaus ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOBIOLOGY AND EPIGENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

CD3 complex; Pro TCR; Signaling; TCR gene expression; Thymus

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS;

EID: 0032476606     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.188.9.1669     Document Type: Article

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