A requirement for the Rho-family GTP exchange factor Vav in positive and negative selection of thymocytes

Immunity

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 451-460

  Turner, Martin ^a   Mee, P Joseph ^a   Walters, Alice E ^a   Quinn, Marian E ^a   Mellor, Andrew L ^a,b   Zamoyska, Rose ^a   Tybulewicz, Victor L J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; RHO FACTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL SELECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; THYMOCYTE;

EID: 0030719389     PISSN: 10747613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-7613(00)80367-2     Document Type: Article

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