The GTPase Rho has a critical regulatory role in thymus development

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 2397-2407

  Henning, Stefan W ^a   Galandrini, Ricciarda ^a   Hall, Alan ^b   Cantrell, Doreen A ^a  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

C3 transferase; Development; GTPase; Rho; Thymus

Indexed keywords

GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; RHO FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; GENE TARGETING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; TRANSGENE;

ADP RIBOSE TRANSFERASES; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BOTULINUM TOXINS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; FEMALE; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; GTPASE-ACTIVATING PROTEINS; H-Y ANTIGEN; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSGENES;

ANIMALIA; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; MURINAE; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0030946814     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.9.2397     Document Type: Article

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