A developmental switch from TCRδ enhancer to TCRα enhancer function during thymocyte maturation

Immunity

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 723-733

  Hernández Munain, Cristina ^a   Sleckman, Barry P ^b   Krangel, Michael S ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR DELTA CHAIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FOOTPRINTING; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; RECEPTOR GENE; RECEPTOR OCCUPANCY; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE;

EID: 0033152430     PISSN: 10747613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-7613(00)80071-0     Document Type: Article

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