Cutting edge: Recombinase-activating gene expression and V(D)J recombination in CD4+CD3(low) mature T lymphocytes

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 164, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 3455-3459

  Lantelme, Erica ^a   Palermo, Belinda ^a   Granziero, Luisa ^a   Mantovani, Stefania ^a   Campanelli, Rita ^a   Monafo, Virginia ^b   Lanzavecchia, Antonio ^c   Giachino, Claudia ^a,d  

^a IRCCS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c BASEL INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; RECOMBINASE;

ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; CELL MATURATION; CROSS LINKING; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; SOMATIC MUTATION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

EID: 0034175964     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.164.7.3455     Document Type: Article

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