The role of mel-18, a mammalian polycomb group gene, during IL-7- dependent proliferation of lymphocyte precursors

Immunity

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 135-146

  Akasaka, Takeshi ^a   Tsuji, Koh Ichiro ^c   Kawahira, Hiroshi ^a   Kanno, Masamoto ^a   Harigaya, Ken Ichi ^a   Hu, Lina ^b   Ebihara, Yasuhiro ^c   Nakahata, Tatsutoshi ^c   Tetsu, Osamu ^a   Taniguchi, Masaru ^a   Koseki, Haruhiko ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Chiba University   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; INTERLEUKIN 7;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; COMBINED IMMUNODEFICIENCY; DROSOPHILA; GENE ISOLATION; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOUSE; MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0030849638     PISSN: 10747613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-7613(00)80516-6     Document Type: Article

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