The TCRβ enhancer is dispensable for the expression of rearranged TCRβ genes in thymic DN2/DN3 populations but not at later stages

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 175, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 3067-3074

  Busse, Christian E ^a   Krotkova, Anna ^a,b   Eichmann, Klaus ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOBIOLOGY AND EPIGENETICS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; CELL LINEAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENHANCER REGION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; INTERNAL RIBOSOME ENTRY SITE; LYMPHOPOIESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS; TRANSGENE; ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; C57BL MOUSE; HEMATOPOIESIS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CHROMOSOMES, ARTIFICIAL, BACTERIAL; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENE REARRANGEMENT, BETA-CHAIN T-CELL ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; GENES, T-CELL RECEPTOR BETA; HEMATOPOIESIS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSGENES;

EID: 23844546514     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.175.5.3067     Document Type: Article

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