Genes, T-Cell Receptor alpha
                             
                            
                            
                                
                            
                            
                                
                            
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                            
	"Genes, T-Cell Receptor alpha" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, 
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				DNA sequences encoding the alpha chain of the T-cell receptor. The genomic organization of the TcR alpha genes is essentially the same in all species and is similar to the organization of Ig genes.
    
			
			
				
				
					
						| Descriptor ID | D019673 | 
					
						| MeSH Number(s) | G05.360.340.024.340.475.050 | 
					
						| Concept/Terms | Genes, T-Cell Receptor alphaGenes, T-Cell Receptor alphaGenes, T Cell Receptor alphaTcR alpha GenesGene, TcR alphaGenes, TcR alphaTcR alpha GeneT-Cell Receptor alpha-Chain GenesT Cell Receptor alpha Chain GenesT-Cell Receptor alpha GenesT Cell Receptor alpha Genes
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				Below are the most recent publications written about "Genes, T-Cell Receptor alpha" by people in Profiles.
						
					
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								CD4(+) T cell anergy prevents autoimmunity and generates regulatory T cell precursors. Nat Immunol. 2016 Mar; 17(3):304-14. 
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								Conserved T cell receptor alpha-chain induces insulin autoantibodies. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 Jul 22; 105(29):10090-4. 
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								T cell receptor (TCR) alpha/delta locus enhancer identity and position are critical for the assembly of TCR delta and alpha variable region genes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2003 Mar 04; 100(5):2598-603.