Assembled DJβ complexes influence TCRβ chain selection and peripheral Vβ repertoire

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 182, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 5586-5595

  Carpenter, Andrea C ^a   Yang Iott, Katherine S ^a   Chao, Linda H ^a   Nuskey, Beth ^a   Whitlow, Scott ^b   Alt, Frederick W ^b   Bassing, Craig H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EXON; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE CLUSTER; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HYBRIDOMA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL CULTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; GENE TARGETING; GENETICS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN STRUCTURE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY DIVERSITY; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELLS, CULTURED; GENE REARRANGEMENT, T-LYMPHOCYTE; GENE TARGETING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN JOINING REGION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS;

EID: 66949146204     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0803270     Document Type: Article

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