Posttranscriptional silencing of VβDJβCβ genes contributes to TCRβ allelic exclusion in mammalian lymphocytes

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 185, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 1055-1062

  Steinel, Natalie C ^a   Brady, Brenna L ^a   Carpenter, Andrea C ^a   Yang Iott, Katherine S ^a   Bassing, Craig H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR;

ALLELIC EXCLUSION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; LYMPHOCYTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POSTTRANSCRIPTIONAL GENE SILENCING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN CELL; THYMOCYTE; TRANSGENE; VBETA14DJBETA1.5CBETA1 GENE; VBETA8.2DJBETA1.1CBETA1 TRANSGENE; ALLELE; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETICS; HYBRIDOMA; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; MOUSE STRAIN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; T LYMPHOCYTE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE REARRANGEMENT, T-LYMPHOCYTE; HYBRIDOMAS; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 77955506350     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0903099     Document Type: Article

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