Promoter element for transcription of unrearranged T-cell receptor β- chain gene in pro-T cells

Blood

Volumn 93, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 3017-3025

  Doty, Raymond T ^a   Xia, Dong ^a   Nguyen, Suzanne P ^a   Hathaway, Tanya R ^a   Willerford, Dennis M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b PUGET SOUND BLOOD CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; RNA; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0033135257     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood.v93.9.3017.409k01_3017_3025     Document Type: Article

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