Publication Date:
1985-06-07
Description:
The T-cell antigen receptor is a cell surface molecule vital in mediating the cellular immune response. The arrangement and rearrangement of the gene segments encoding the beta-chain polypeptide of the receptor are similar to those of immunoglobulin gene segments. The two constant region genes of the human T-cell antigen receptor are 8 kilobases apart with a cluster of joining segments located 5' of each constant region gene. Although most beta-chain gene rearrangements involve the variable, diversity, and joining segments, analysis of a beta-chain complementary DNA clone suggests the occasional occurrence of another type of rearrangement.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Duby, A D -- Klein, K A -- Murre, C -- Seidman, J G -- AI-19438/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1985 Jun 7;228(4704):1204-6.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3839095" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Base Sequence
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DNA/genetics
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Genes
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Humans
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Macromolecular Substances
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Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/*genetics
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Recombination, Genetic
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
