Endogenous TCR Recombination in TCR Tg Single RAG-deficient mice Uncovered by Robust In Vivo T Cell Activation and Selection

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Montaudouin, Caroline ^a   Boucontet, Laurent ^b   Mailhé Lembezat, Marie Pierre ^a   Mariotti Ferrandiz, Maria Encarnita ^a   Louise, Anne ^c   Six, Adrien ^a   Freitas, Antonio A ^a   Garcia, Sylvie ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAG1 PROTEIN; RAG2 PROTEIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; RAG 1 PROTEIN; RAG-1 PROTEIN; RAG2 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL EXPANSION; CELL SELECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ANIMAL; CELL CLONE; CYTOLOGY; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETICS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MOUSE MUTANT; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; CLONE CELLS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE REARRANGEMENT, T-LYMPHOCYTE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 77956401403     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010238     Document Type: Article

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