The regulated expression of a diverse set of genes during thymocyte positive selection in vivo

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 173, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 5434-5444

  Mick, Verity E ^a   Starr, Timothy K ^a   McCaughtry, Tom M ^a   McNeil, Lisa K ^a   Hogquist, Kristin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SELECTION; CELL SURVIVAL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 6344274985     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.173.9.5434     Document Type: Article

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