Posttranslational regulation of TCR Vα allelic exclusion during T cell differentiation

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 160, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 3883-3890

  Alam, S Munir ^a   Gascoigne, Nicholas R J ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ALLELE; ALPHA CHAIN; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL SURFACE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOPLASM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE REARRANGEMENT, ALPHA-CHAIN T-CELL ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; GENE REARRANGEMENT, BETA-CHAIN T-CELL ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHENOTYPE; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0032522650     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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