New insights on human T cell development by quantitative T cell receptor gene rearrangement studies and gene expression profiling

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 201, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1715-1723

  Dik, Willem A ^a   Pike Overzet, Karin ^a   Weerkamp, Floor ^a   De Ridder, Dick ^a,b   De Haas, Edwin F E ^a   Baert, Miranda R M ^a   Van Der Spek, Peter ^a   Koster, Esther E L ^a   Reinders, Marcel J T ^b   Van Dongen, Jacques J M ^a   Langerak, Anton W ^a   Staal, Frank J T ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Delft University of Technology ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; CD38 ANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN; T6 ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; CELL MATURATION; CELL SELECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE LOCUS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT, BETA-CHAIN T-CELL ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; GENE REARRANGEMENT, DELTA-CHAIN T-CELL ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; GENES, T-CELL RECEPTOR BETA; HUMANS; MICE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, GAMMA-DELTA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 22344445528     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20042524     Document Type: Article

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