Substantial N diversity is generated in T cell receptor α genes at birth despite low levels of terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase expression in mouse thymus

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 3651-3656

  Cherrier, Marie ^a   Cardona, Ana ^a   Rosinski Chupin, Isabelle ^a   Rougeon, François ^a   Doyen, Noëlle ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Celluar differentation; Development; Gene regulation; TdT; Thymus

Indexed keywords

DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MICROENVIRONMENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS;

EID: 0036909676     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-4141(200212)32:12<3651::AID-IMMU3651>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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