Disruption of the lineage restriction of TCRβ gene rerrangements

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 3256-3266

  Eyquem, Stéphanie ^a   Lagresle, Chantal ^a   Fasseu, Magali ^a   Sigaux, François ^a   Bories, Jean Christophe ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Enhancer; Lineage restriction; Lymphocyte differentiation; TCR ; V(D)J recombination

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN;

ALLELIC EXCLUSION; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; BETA CHAIN; CELL LINEAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA RESTRICTION; ENHANCER REGION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN STRUCTURE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0036856579     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-4141(200211)32:11<3256::AID-IMMU3256>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Review

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