Control of V(D)J recombinational accessibility of the Dβ1 gene segment at the TCRβ locus by a germline promoter

Immunity

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 313-322

  Whitehurst, Charles E ^a   Chattopadhyay, Samit ^a,b   Chen, Jianzhu ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTRE FOR CELL SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ALLELISM; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DOWN REGULATION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GERM LINE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; THYMOCYTE;

EID: 0033103012     PISSN: 10747613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-7613(00)80031-X     Document Type: Article

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