The ubiquitin-like modifier FAT10 is selectively expressed in medullary thymic epithelial cells and modifies T cell selection

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 195, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 4106-4116

  Buerger, Stefanie ^a   Herrmann, Valerie L ^a   Mundt, Sarah ^a   Trautwein, Nico ^b   Groettrup, Marcus ^a,c   Basler, Michael ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; PROTEIN FAT10; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FAT10 PROTEIN, MOUSE; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; UBD PROTEIN, HUMAN; UBIQUITIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ARTICLE; CELL SELECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MALE; MEDULLARY THYMIC EPITHELIAL CELL; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SURVIVAL RATE; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CYTOLOGY; EPITHELIUM CELL; HEK293 CELL LINE; IMMUNOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND; UBIQUITINS;

EID: 84945152099     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1500592     Document Type: Article

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