Tetracycline-controllable selection of CD4+ T cells: Half-life and survival signals in the absence of major histocompatibility complex class II molecules

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 191, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 355-364

  Witherden, Deborah ^a,d   Van Oers, Nicolai ^b,c   Waltzinger, Caroline ^a   Weiss, Arthur ^b   Benoist, Christophe ^a   Mathis, Diane ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE ET DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Inducible expression; Lymph node; T lymphocyte; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; TETRACYCLINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURFACE; CELL SURVIVAL; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HALF LIFE TIME; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURVIVAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TETRACYCLINE;

EID: 0034677036     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.191.2.355     Document Type: Article

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