Intra- and inter-allelic ordering of T cell receptor β chain gene assembly

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 964-970

  Khor, Bernard ^a   Sleckman, Barry P ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Gene rearrangement; T cells; TCR; Thymus

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN;

ALLELE; ALLELIC EXCLUSION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL HYBRIDIZATION; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE REARRANGEMENT; LYMPHOID CELL LINE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE; THYMUS;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; GENE REARRANGEMENT, BETA-CHAIN T-CELL ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; GENES, T-CELL RECEPTOR BETA; MICE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 15844371249     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.200425806     Document Type: Article

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