Gene-specific signal joint modifications during V(D)J recombination of TCRAD locus genes in murine and human thymocytes

Immunobiology

Volumn 211, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 741-751

  Touvrey, Cédric ^a,b,c   Borel, Eve ^a,b,c   Marche, Patrice N ^a,b,c   Jouvin Marche, Evelyne ^a,b,c   Candéias, Serge M ^a,b,c  

^a CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Junctional diversity; Signal joints; T cell receptor; Thymocytes; V(D)J recombination

Indexed keywords

DNA; NUCLEOTIDE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR DELTA CHAIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE; THYMOCYTE;

EID: 33749061486     PISSN: 01712985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.imbio.2006.04.001     Document Type: Article

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