Early T cell receptor β gene expression is regulated by the pre-T cell receptor-CD3 complex

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 190, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 141-144

  Aifantis, Iannis ^a   Feinberg, Jacqueline ^a   Fehling, Hans Jörg ^c   Di Santo, James P ^b   Von Boehmer, Harald ^a  

^a HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^b INSERM U429   (Switzerland)

^c BASEL INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Clonotype independent CD3 complex; Cytoplasmic T cell receptor ; Lymphocyte development; Pre T cell receptor

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE; THYMOCYTE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD3; ANTIGENS, CD4; ANTIGENS, CD8; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-2; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0033526815     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.190.1.141     Document Type: Article

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