Attenuation of IL-7 receptor signaling is not required for allelic exclusion

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 176, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 3350-3355

  Will, Wynette M ^a   Aaker, Joshua D ^a   Burchill, Matthew A ^a   Harmon, Ian R ^a   O'Neil, Jennifer J ^a   Goetz, Christine A ^a   Hippen, Keli L ^a   Farrar, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR; STAT5B PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONGENIC ANIMAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HEAVY CHAIN; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRE B LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 33644841621     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.176.6.3350     Document Type: Article

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