Monoallelic expression of the murine gene encoding Toll-like receptor 4

Nature Immunology

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 464-470

  Pereira, João Pedro ^a   Girard, Robert ^a   Chaby, Richard ^b   Cumano, Ana ^a   Vieira, Paulo ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b INSTITUTE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY OF THE CELL I2BC   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL SELECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; GRANULOCYTE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; X CHROMOSOME;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CROSSES, GENETIC; DNA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRANULOCYTES; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTORS;

EID: 0038731119     PISSN: 15292908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ni917     Document Type: Article

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