Expression of tyrosine kinase genes in mouse thymic stromal cells

International Immunology

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1787-1795

  De Rinke Wit, Tobias F ^a,d   Izon, David J ^b,c   Revilla, Concepcion ^b   Oosterwegel, Mariëtte ^b   Bakker, Arjen Q ^b   Van Ewijk, Willem ^a   Kruisbeek, Ada M ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d ETHIOPIAN PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL LINE; CELL MATURATION; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; MACROPHAGE; MESODERM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STROMA CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ONCOGENE PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; STROMAL CELLS; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0029830874     PISSN: 09538178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intimm/8.11.1787     Document Type: Article

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