The role of recombination activating gene (RAG) reinduction in thymocyte development in vivo

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 194, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 471-480

  Yannoutsos, N ^a   Wilson, P ^a   Yu, W ^a   Chen, H T ^a   Nussenzweig, A ^a   Petrie, H ^a   Nussenzweig, M C ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene rearrangement; Recombination activating gene; Regulation of gene expression; T cell receptor chain; T cell receptor editing

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; RECOMBINATION ACTIVATING GENE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMOCYTE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, RAG-1; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0035920573     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.194.4.471     Document Type: Article

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