title: Limited diversity of the rearranged T-cell gamma gene.
abstract: The immunoglobulin-related, T-cell specific gamma gene is rearranged in a wide variety of murine T lymphocytes. We detected gamma-gene transcripts in all cloned cytotoxic T lymphocytes examined but in only 1 of 11 T-helper cell lines or hybridomas. Although in cytotoxic T cells, the rearranged gamma gene seems to have been assembled from the same germ-line variable and joining gene segments, the transcribed gene exhibited distinct sequence diversity near the junction between these segments.
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D005796:Genes; D051379:Mice; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell / Q000235:genetics*; D011995:Recombination, Genetic; D013154:Spleen / Q000166:cytology; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D013602:T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic / Q000502:physiology; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000166:cytology; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell