Cross-linking CTX, a novel thymocyte-specific molecule, inhibits the growth of lymphoid tumor cells in Xenopus

Molecular Immunology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 133-143

  Robert, Jacques ^a,b   Chretien, Isabelle ^a   Guiet, Chantal ^a   Du Pasquier, Louis ^a  

^a BASEL INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

biochemistry; cell surface molecule homodimer; Cellular activation; cellular proliferation

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CANCER INHIBITION; CELL COUNT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CROSS LINKING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLYCOSYLATION; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THYMOCYTE; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, T-LYMPHOCYTE; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; CALCIUM; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL SURVIVAL; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; DIMERIZATION; DNA REPLICATION; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; GLYCOSYLATION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030964247     PISSN: 01615890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-5890(97)00006-0     Document Type: Article

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