Quantitative and qualitative changes in V-J α rearrangements during mouse thymocytes differentiation: Implication for a limited T cell receptor α chain repertoire

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 196, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1163-1173

  Pasqual, Nicolas ^a   Gallagher, Maighréad ^a   Aude Garcia, Catherine ^a   Loiodice, Mélanie ^a   Thuderoz, Florence ^b   Demongeot, Jacques ^b   Ceredig, Rod ^a   Marche, Patrice Noël ^a   Jouvin Marche, Evelyne ^a  

^a CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Development; Quantitative PCR; Rearrangement; TCR diversity; TCRAD locus

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORGAN CULTURE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMOCYTE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT, ALPHA-CHAIN T-CELL ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0037020847     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20021074     Document Type: Article

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