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A novel Zap70 mutation with reduced protein stability demonstrates the rate-limiting threshold for Zap70 in T-cell receptor signalling.
Immunology - 1 Mar 2014
Cauwe Bénédicte, Tian Lei, Franckaert Dean, Pierson Wim, Staats Kim A, Schlenner Susan M, Liston Adrian
Abstract excerpt
Loss of ζ-associated protein 70 (Zap70) results in severe immunodeficiency in humans and mice because of the critical role of Zap70 in T-cell receptor (TCR) signalling. Here we describe a novel mouse strain generated by N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea mutagenesis, with the reduced protein stability (rps) mutation in Zap70. The A243V rps mutation resulted in decreased Zap70 protein and a reduced duration of TCR-induced...
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