Alteration of T-cell receptor repertoires during thymic T-cell development

Scandinavian Journal of Immunology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 53-60

  Matsutani, T ^a   Ohmori, T ^a   Ogata, M ^a   Soga, H ^a   Yoshioka, T ^b   Suzuki, R ^c   Itoh, T ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SHIONOGI AND CO LTD   (Japan)

^c SAGAMIHARA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUPERANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HAPLOTYPE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMOCYTE; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; C57BL MOUSE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE MAMMARY TUMOR ONCOVIRUS; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPLEEN; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLONAL DELETION; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT, ALPHA-CHAIN T-CELL ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; GENE REARRANGEMENT, BETA-CHAIN T-CELL ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; MALE; MAMMARY TUMOR VIRUS, MOUSE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 33746399514     PISSN: 03009475     EISSN: 13653083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3083.2006.01776.x     Document Type: Article

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