Comparison of T-cell receptor Jβ gene usage in spleen cells of different mouse strains

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 93-97

  Kato, Tomohiro ^a   Sasakawa, Hiroko ^a,b   Kurokawa, Manae ^a   Masuko Hongo, Kayo ^a   Hamada, Chikuma ^c   Yamamoto, Kazuhiko ^d   Nishioka, Kusuki ^a  

^a ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b LSI MEDIENCE CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

J gene segment; MHC; T cell receptor

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; GENE CLUSTER; HAPLOTYPE; IMMUNOGENETICS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SPLEEN CELL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0032945141     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1999.tb02379.x     Document Type: Article

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