Pax1 is expressed during development of the thymus epithelium and is required for normal T-cell maturation

Development

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 23-30

  Wallin, Johan ^a   Eibel, Hermann ^b   Neubüser, Annette ^a   Wilting, Jörg ^b   Koseki, Haruhiko ^a   Balling, Rudi ^a,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOBIOLOGY AND EPIGENETICS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mouse; Pax1; Pharyngeal endoderm; T cell maturation; Thy 1; Thymus

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDODERM; EPITHELIUM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPINE; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PREGNANCY; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030069119     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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