Alterations in CD4-binding regions of the MHC class II molecule I-E(k) do not impede CD4+ T cell development

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 162, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1348-1358

  Yelon, Deborah ^a   Schaefer, Katherine L ^a   Berg, Leslie J ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD4; BINDING SITES; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUTATION; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA;

EID: 0033082506     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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