The earliest T lineage-committed cells depend on IL-7 for Bcl-2 expression and normal cell cycle progression

Immunity

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 147-154

  Von Freeden Jeffry, Ursula ^a   Solvason, Nanette ^a   Howard, Maureen ^a   Murray, Richard ^a  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 7; PROTEIN BCL 2; RECOMBINANT INTERLEUKIN 7;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL MATURATION; CELL SURVIVAL; DIAGNOSIS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; LYMPHOPOIESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; THYMOCYTE;

EID: 0030874326     PISSN: 10747613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-7613(00)80517-8     Document Type: Article

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