Molecular genetics at the T-Cell receptor βlocus: Insights into the regulation of V(D)J recombination

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 650, Issue , 2009, Pages 116-132

  Bonnet, Marie ^a   Ferrier, Pierre ^a   Spicuglia, Salvatore ^a  

^a CENTRE D IMMUNOLOGIE DE MARSEILLE LUMINY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINASE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN;

ALLELIC EXCLUSION; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE STRUCTURE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC REGULATION; GERM LINE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; TCRB GENE; TRANSGENICS; ALLELE; ANIMAL; CHROMATIN; GENETICS; METABOLISM; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; GENE REARRANGEMENT, BETA-CHAIN T-CELL ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; GENE TARGETING; GENES, T-CELL RECEPTOR BETA; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; VDJ RECOMBINASES;

EID: 70349563916     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-0296-2_10     Document Type: Article

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