Defined αβ T cell receptors with distinct ligand specificities do not require those ligands to signal double negative thymocyte differentiation

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 199, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1719-1724

  Erman, Batu ^a   Guinter, Terry I ^a   Singer, Alfred ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

TCR transgene; DN to DP transition; Ligand independent signaling; Pre TCR TCR

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; PRIMER DNA; RAG2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; V(D)J RECOMBINATION ACTIVATING PROTEIN 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; LIGAND BINDING; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THYMOCYTE; TRANSGENE; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MOUSE MUTANT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA PRIMERS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 3042647368     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20032204     Document Type: Article

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