Thymus-specific serine protease contributes to the diversification of the functional endogenous CD4 T cell receptor repertoire

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 208, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-11

  Viret, Christophe ^a,b   Lamare, Camille ^a,b   Guiraud, Martine ^a,b   Fazilleau, Nicolas ^a,b   Bour, Agathe ^a,b   Malissen, Bernard ^a,c,d   Carrier, Alice ^a   Guerder, Sylvie ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b France   (France)

^c CENTRE D IMMUNOLOGIE DE MARSEILLE LUMINY   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; LYSOZYME; SERINE PROTEINASE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN; THYMUS SPECIFIC SERINE PROTEASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; THYMUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL PROLIFERATION; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES;

EID: 78651480854     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: 15409538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20100027     Document Type: Article

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