Signal joint T-cell receptor excision circle assay in miniature swine

Transplantation

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 634-640

  Vallabhajosyula, Prashanth ^a,b   Tena, Aseda ^a   Yamada, Kazuhiko ^a   Sachs, David H ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Pig; Signal joint TREC; T cell; T cell receptor excision circle

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BABOON; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; SIGNAL JOINT T CELL RECEPTOR EXCISION CIRCLE ASSAY; SPLEEN; SWINE; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOPSY; DNA PRIMERS; GENOMICS; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; SHEEP; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SWINE; SWINE, MINIATURE; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 80052679158     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e31822b9287     Document Type: Article

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