Vagaries of fluorochrome reporter gene expression in Foxp3+ regulatory T cells

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Schallenberg, Sonja ^a   Petzold, Cathleen ^a   Tsai, Pei Yun ^a   Sparwasser, Tim ^b   Kretschmer, Karsten ^a  

^a CENTER FOR REGENERATIVE THERAPIES DRESDEN   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF INFECTION IMMUNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOROCHROME; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL MATURATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EX VIVO STUDY; FOXP3 GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENE TARGETING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REPORTER GENE; THYMOCYTE; TRANSGENICS;

ANIMALS; CELL LINEAGE; CROSSES, GENETIC; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; INTEGRASES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; THYMUS GLAND;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MURINAE; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 84864672023     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041971     Document Type: Article

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