αβ T-cell development is not affected by inversion of TCRβ gene enhancer sequences: Polar enhancement of gene expression regardless of enhancer orientation

Immunology

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 510-514

  Huang, Fang ^a,c   Cabaud, Olivier ^a   Verthuy, Christophe ^a   Hueber, Anne Odile ^b   Ferrier, Pierre ^a,d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Institut de Signalisation   (France)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d CENTRE D IMMUNOLOGIE DE MARSEILLE LUMINY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; RNA; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL LINEAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENHANCER REGION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; KNOCK IN MOUSE; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REARRANGEMENT, BETA-CHAIN T-CELL ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; GENES, T-CELL RECEPTOR BETA; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0042703212     PISSN: 00192805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2567.2003.01691.x     Document Type: Article

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