Germline transcription of multiple TCR-Vβ genes in cloned T-cell lines

Immunology and Cell Biology

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 393-399

  Abbey, Janice L ^a   O'Neill, Helen C ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Germline transcription; Precursor T cell; RT PCR; T cell receptor

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CLONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GERM LINE; HELPER CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; CLONE CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REARRANGEMENT, BETA-CHAIN T-CELL ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; GENES, T-CELL RECEPTOR BETA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 4344658759     PISSN: 08189641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0818-9641.2004.01246.x     Document Type: Article

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