Distinct contracted conformations of the Tcra/Tcrd locus during Tcra and Tcrd recombination

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 207, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1835-1841

  Shih, Han Yu ^a   Krangel, Michael S ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TCRA GENE; TCRD GENE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; THYMOCYTE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC LOCI; MICE; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, GAMMA-DELTA; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 77956241244     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: 15409538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20100772     Document Type: Article

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