B-lymphocyte development is regulated by the combined dosage of three basic helix-loop-helix genes, E2A, E2-2, and HEB

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2898-2905

  Zhuang, Yuan ^a,b   Cheng, Peifeng ^a   Weintraub, Harold ^a  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE MUTATION; GENE TARGETING; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STEM CELL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029896451     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.16.6.2898     Document Type: Article

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