Co-ordination of the expression of the protein tyrosine kinase p56(lck) with the pre-T cell receptor during thymocyte development

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 8-18

  Buckland, Jennifer ^a   Pennington, Daniel J ^a   Bruno, Ludovica ^a   Owen, Michael J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Development; p56(lck); Pre T cell receptor; Thymocyte; Tyrosine kinase

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HERMES ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN P56; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; GENE NUMBER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPORTER GENE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; LYMPHOCYTE SPECIFIC PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE P56(LCK); MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED CBA; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; RNA, MESSENGER; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0033989909     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-4141(200001)30:1<8::AID-IMMU8>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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