Out-of-frame T cell receptor beta transcripts are eliminated by multiple pathways in vivo.

Non-productive antigen receptor genes with frame shifts generated during the assembly of these genes are found in many mature lymphocytes. Transcripts from these genes have premature termination codons (PTCs) and could encode truncated proteins if they are not either inactivated or destroyed by nons...

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Main Authors: Grace K Mahowald, Michael A Mahowald, Clara Moon, Bernard Khor, Barry P Sleckman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3135592?pdf=render