Natural Polymorphisms in Tap2 Influence Negative Selection and CD4:CD8 Lineage Commitment in the Rat

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Tuncel, Jonatan ^a   Haag, Sabrina ^a   Yau, Anthony C Y ^a   Norin, Ulrika ^a   Baud, Amelie ^b   Lönnblom, Erik ^a   Maratou, Klio ^c   Ytterberg, A Jimmy ^a,d,e   Ekman, Diana ^a   Thordardottir, Soley ^a   Johannesson, Martina ^a   Gillett, Alan ^d   Stridh, Pernilla ^d   Jagodic, Maja ^d   Olsson, Tomas ^d   Fernández Teruel, Alberto ^f   Zubarev, Roman A ^a,e   Mott, Richard ^b   Aitman, Timothy J ^c   Flint, Jonathan ^b   Holmdahl, Rikard ^a   more..

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e SCIENCE FOR LIFE LABORATORY   (Sweden)

^f INSTITUT DE NEUROCIÈNCIES   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; ABC TRANSPORTER; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS RT, RAT; TAP2 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; CD4 CD8 RATIO; CELL LINEAGE; CELL SELECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; RAT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSPORTER ASSOCIATED WITH ANTIGEN PROCESSING 2 GENE; ALLELE; ANIMAL; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; RATS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84901741021     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004151     Document Type: Article

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