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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-9-22
pubmed:abstractText
Distinct subsets of gammadelta T cells expressing different Vgamma and Vdelta chains arise in ordered waves during thymic development. In the murine Jgamma1-Cgamma1 cluster, the Vgamma3 gene segment is utilized earliest in fetal thymic development, in progenitors of dendritic epidermal T cells (DECs). The Vgamma2 gene segment predominates in the late fetal stages and beyond, in cells destined for the secondary lymphoid organs. Using transgenic TCRgamma recombination substrates, we demonstrate that this restricted Vgamma gene usage is determined by developmentally targeted gene rearrangement. We show that sequences immediately upstream of the Vgamma2 and Vgamma3 genes direct the rearrangement pattern in adult thymocytes. Thus, the choice of Vgamma gene for recombination is coordinated with distinct differentiation programs in gammadelta subsets.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
1074-7613
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
9
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
159-68
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9729036-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:9729036-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:9729036-Blotting, Southern, pubmed-meshheading:9729036-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:9729036-DNA, pubmed-meshheading:9729036-Dendritic Cells, pubmed-meshheading:9729036-Embryonic and Fetal Development, pubmed-meshheading:9729036-Gene Rearrangement, gamma-Chain T-Cell Antigen Receptor, pubmed-meshheading:9729036-Genes, Reporter, pubmed-meshheading:9729036-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:9729036-Mice, Inbred BALB C, pubmed-meshheading:9729036-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:9729036-Mice, Inbred CBA, pubmed-meshheading:9729036-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:9729036-Multigene Family, pubmed-meshheading:9729036-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:9729036-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:9729036-T-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:9729036-Transgenes
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Developmentally programmed rearrangement of T cell receptor Vgamma genes is controlled by sequences immediately upstream of the Vgamma genes.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California at Berkeley, 94720, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.