TCRδ Gene Rearrangements Revealed by Fine Structure of the Recombination Junction in Mice

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 883-894

  Kanari, Yasuyoshi ^a,b,d   Muto, Masahiro ^b   Yamagishi, Hideo ^a,c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c HEALTH RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Japan)

^d KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Nucleotide insertions; Replacement joints; TCR mutant; V D and D D rearrangements

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR DELTA CHAIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINANT GENE; THYMOCYTE; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALIA; INSERTION SEQUENCES;

EID: 0242493025     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2003.tb03455.x     Document Type: Article

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