Intracellular signaling pathways involved in the induction of apoptosis in immature thymic T lymphocytes

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 156, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 4083-4091

  Anderson, Kim L ^a   Anderson, Graham ^a   Michell, Robert H ^a   Jenkinson, Eric J ^a   Owen, John J T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3,4 DICHLOROISOCOUMARIN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CONCANAVALIN A; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; DNA; EMETINE; FAS ANTIGEN; INOSITOL; INOSITOL PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 4,5 BISPHOSPHATE; PROTEIN; PROTEINASE; SERINE PROTEINASE; TOSYLPHENYLALANYL CHLOROMETHYL KETONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BETA ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ETIOLOGY; FETUS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HYDROLYSIS; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; ORGAN CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEINASE INHIBITION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE;

ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIBODIES; ANTIGENS, CD3; ANTIGENS, CD95; APOPTOSIS; BUCLADESINE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONCANAVALIN A; CYCLIC AMP; ISOPROTERENOL; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOLS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0029967353     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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