The absence of the transcription activator TFE3 impairs activation of B cells in vivo

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 3335-3344

  Merrell, Kevin ^a   Wells, Sandra ^a   Henderson, Andrew ^a   Gorman, James ^b   Alt, Fred ^b   Stall, Alan ^a   Calame, Kathryn ^a,c  

^a Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD23 ANTIGEN; CD24 ANTIGEN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE TARGETING; HELPER CELL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030911549     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.17.6.3335     Document Type: Article

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