A novel T cell subset with trans-rearranged Vγ-Cβ TCRs shows Vβ expression is dispensable for lineage choice and MHC restriction

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 169-177

  Bowen, Steven ^a   Sun, Peter ^b   Livak, Ferenc ^c   Sharrow, Susan ^a   Hodes, Richard J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; V GAMMA C BETA T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ALPHA BETA T LYMPHOCYTE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; D BETA GENE; GAMMA DELTA T LYMPHOCYTE; GENE; GENE LOCUS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOMICS; J BETA GENE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX RESTRICTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; V GAMMA 2 GENE; WILD TYPE;

EID: 84891066514     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1302398     Document Type: Article

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