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. 2011 Jun 3;6(6):e20639. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020639

Figure 2. CD28/B7-driven development inhibits TCRβ rearrangement in DN thymocytes.

Figure 2

100, 30, and 10 ng of DNA was analyzed by PCR to detect (A) Dβ2-Jβ2 rearrangement, (B) Vβ5-DJβ2 rearrangement, (C) Vβ8.1-DJβ2 rearrangement, or (D) Vβb14.1-DJβ2 rearrangement. (E) 10, 3, and 1 ng of DNA was analyzed by PCR to detect unrearranged IgM as a loading control. The arrow in panel A denotes the amplification of germline or non-rearranged Dβ2-Jβ2 PCR products. These results presented here comparing VDJβ rearrangements in CD3ε and CD28/B7/CD3εKO DN cells were analyzed in the same experiment and are representative of three experiments analyzing DNA prepared from a total of six CD3εKO and CD28/B7/CD3εKO mice.