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Allelic exclusion of mouse T cell receptor alpha chains occurs at the time of thymocyte TCR up-regulation.
Immunity - 1 Oct 1995
Alam S M, Crispe I N, Gascoigne N R
Abstract excerpt
We report a detailed analysis of TCR V alpha and V beta chain expression on immature versus mature thymocytes of normal, TCR beta-transgenic, and TCR alpha-hemizygous mice. Chain pairing between TCR V alpha and V beta chains is random on immature thymocytes, but individual chain pairs are selected in mature thymocytes. This indicates that V alpha-V beta chain pairing preferences are determined during thymic...
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