Pleiotropic changes controlled by the pre-T-cell receptor

Current Opinion in Immunology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 135-142

  Von Boehmer, Harald ^a   Aifantis, Iannis ^a   Feinberg, Jacqueline ^a   Lechner, Oskar ^a   Saint Ruf, Claude ^a   Walter, Ulrich ^a   Buer, Jan ^a   Azogui, Orly ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN GAMMA CHAIN; RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; CELL LINEAGE; HUMAN; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLEIOTROPY; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE;

EID: 0033119330     PISSN: 09527915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-7915(99)80024-7     Document Type: Article

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