Functional redundancy of the Nur77 and Nor-1 orphan steroid receptors in T-cell apoptosis

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1865-1875

  Cheng, Laurence Eng Chee ^a   Chan, Francis Ka Ming ^a   Cado, Dragana ^a   Winoto, Astar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Fas; FasL; NGFI B; Orphan steroid receptor

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; STEROID RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; TRANSACTIVATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; APOPTOSIS; CROSS REACTIONS; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FAS LIGAND PROTEIN; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; RECEPTORS, STEROID; RECEPTORS, THYROID HORMONE; SPLEEN; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0030977267     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.8.1865     Document Type: Article

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