T cells and the thymus in developing zebrafish

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 28, Issue 7-8, 2004, Pages 755-767

  Danilova, Nadia ^a   Hohman, Valerie S ^a,c   Sacher, Frank ^a,d   Ota, Tatsuya ^b   Willett, Catherine E ^a,e   Steiner, Lisa A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^e Phylonix Pharmaceuticals Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; dpf, days post fertilization; PCR, polymerase chain reaction; RACE, rapid amplification of cDNA ends; Rag, recombination activating gene; T cells; TCR ; Thymus; V families; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

RAG1 PROTEIN; RNA; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERTILIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTESTINE; MESONEPHROS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SPLEEN; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS; ZEBRA FISH;

DANIO RERIO;

EID: 1642362216     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2003.12.003     Document Type: Article

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