Mechanisms controlling termination of V-J recombination at the TCRγ locus: Implications for allelic and isotypic exclusion of TCRγ chains

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 174, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 3912-3919

  Boucontet, Laurent ^a   Sepúlveda, Nuno ^b   Carneiro, Jorge ^a   Pereira, Pablo ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ALLELIC EXCLUSION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CLONING; CELL CULTURE; CELL SELECTION; CELL SURFACE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; ISOTYPIC EXCLUSION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL; THYMOCYTE; TRANSGENE;

EID: 15444362020     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.174.7.3912     Document Type: Article

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