Characterization of TCR gene rearrangements during adult murine T cell development

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 162, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 2575-2580

  Livák, Ferenc ^a   Tourigny, Michelle ^c   Schatz, David G ^a   Petrie, Howard T ^b,c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c Weill Cornell Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; GENE LOCUS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; LYMPHOPOIESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD44; GENE REARRANGEMENT, BETA-CHAIN T-CELL ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; GENE REARRANGEMENT, DELTA-CHAIN T-CELL ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; GENE REARRANGEMENT, GAMMA-CHAIN T-CELL ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; GENE REARRANGEMENT, T-LYMPHOCYTE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-2; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0033104727     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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