Essential and partially overlapping role of CD3γ and CD3δ for development of αβ and γδ T lymphocytes

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 188, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1375-1380

  Wang, Baoping ^a   Wang, Ninghai ^a   Salio, Mariolina ^a,b   Sharpe, Arlene ^c   Allen, Deborah ^a   She, Jian ^a   Terhorst, Cox ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BASEL INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c NONE

Author keywords

CD3 ; CD3 ; Knockout mouse; T cell development; T cell receptor CD3 complex

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR DELTA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GAMMA CHAIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD3; LEUKOPOIESIS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, GAMMA-DELTA; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0032487435     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.188.7.1375     Document Type: Article

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