Antagonist peptide selects thymocytes expressing a class II major histocompatibility complex-restricted T cell receptor into the CD8 lineage

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 188, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1083-1089

  Volkmann, Ariane ^a   Barthlott, Thomas ^a   Weiss, Siegfried ^b   Frank, Ronald ^b   Stockinger, Brigitta ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antagonist; Major histocompatibility complex; T cell receptor; Thymic selection; Thymocyte differentiation

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMOCYTE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, B-LYMPHOCYTE; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CROSSES, GENETIC; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PEPTIDES; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0032555896     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.188.6.1083     Document Type: Article

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