Highly restricted diversity of TCR delta chains of the amphibian Mexican axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum) in peripheral tissues

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1621-1633

  André, Sébastien ^a,c   Kerfourn, Fabienne ^a   Affaticati, Pierre ^a   Guerci, Aline ^a   Ravassard, Philippe ^a   Fellah, Julien S ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Ambystoma mexicanum; Junctional diversity; Ontogeny; Repertoire; T cell receptor delta

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR DELTA CHAIN;

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; INTESTINE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LIVER; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MALE; NEOTENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEXUAL MATURATION; SKIN; SPLEEN; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMECTOMY; THYMUS;

AMBYSTOMA MEXICANUM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE; GATA3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REARRANGEMENT, DELTA-CHAIN T-CELL ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IKAROS TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTESTINES; LARVA; LIVER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, GAMMA-DELTA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SKIN; SPLEEN; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 34250633197     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.200636375     Document Type: Article

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