Developmental regulation of TCRδ locus accessibility and expression by the TCRδ enhancer

Immunity

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 503-513

  Monroe, Robert J ^a   Sleckman, Barry P ^a,b   Monroe, Brianna C ^a   Khor, Bernard ^a   Claypool, Steven ^a   Ferrini, Roger ^a   Davidson, Laurie ^a   Alt, Frederick W ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR DELTA CHAIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENHANCER REGION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE TARGETING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MOUSE MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMUS;

EID: 0033136297     PISSN: 10747613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-7613(00)80050-3     Document Type: Article

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