Positive selection as a developmental progression initiated by αβTCR signals that fix TCR specificity prior to lineage commitment

Immunity

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 301-311

  Bhandoola, Avinash ^a   Cibotti, Ricardo ^a   Punt, Jennifer A ^a,b   Granger, Larry ^a   Adams, Anthony J ^a   Sharrow, Susan O ^a   Singer, Alfred ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HAVERFORD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; CD5 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGEN FUNCTION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE;

EID: 0033103765     PISSN: 10747613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-7613(00)80030-8     Document Type: Article

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