Absolute requirement for the pre-T cell receptor α chain during NK.1+ TCRαβ cell development

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1966-1971

  Eberl, Gérard ^a   Fehling, Hans Jörg ^b   Von Boehmer, Harald ^c   MacDonald, H Robson ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b BASEL INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c 161 R de Sevres   (France)

^d LUDWIG INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Development; NKT cell; Pre TCR chain

Indexed keywords

CD1 ANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, GAMMA-DELTA; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0033060653     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-4141(199906)29:06<1966::AID-IMMU1966>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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