Recombination signal sequence-associated restriction on TCRδ gene rearrangement affects the development of tissue-specific γδ T cells

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 183, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 4931-4939

  Uche, Uzodinma N ^a,c   Huber, Christopher R ^a   Raulet, David H ^b   Xiong, Na ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SIGNAL PEPTIDE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR DELTA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GAMMA CHAIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRE T LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE; THYMUS; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; GENE REARRANGEMENT, DELTA-CHAIN T-CELL ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, GAMMA-DELTA; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 77954139146     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0901859     Document Type: Article

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