A critical lineage-nonspecific role for pΤa in mediating allelic and isotypic exclusion in TCRβ-transgenic mice

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 3220-3228

  Ferrero, Isabel ^a   Grosjean, Frederic ^a   Fiorini, Emma ^a   MacDonald, H Robson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Allelic exclusion; Pre TCR; T cells; Thymopoiesis; VDJ recombination

Indexed keywords

RAG1 PROTEIN; RAG2 PROTEIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GAMMA CHAIN;

ALLELIC EXCLUSION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; IMMUNOGENETICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL LINEAGE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE REARRANGEMENT, BETA-CHAIN T-CELL ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; GENES, T-CELL RECEPTOR BETA; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 36249023205     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.200737456     Document Type: Article

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