An antagonist peptide mediates positive selection and CD4 lineage commitment of MHC class II-restricted T cells in the absence of CD4

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 201, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 149-158

  Kao, Henry ^a   Allen, Paul M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; LIGAND; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; PEPTIDE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CD4 GENE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; N3.L2 GENE; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAG GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD4; BONE MARROW CELLS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL LINEAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; DNA PRIMERS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; INTERLEUKIN-2; LIGANDS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 12344273653     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20041574     Document Type: Article

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