Induction of the early growth response (Egr) family of transcription factors during thymic selection

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 185, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 731-744

  Shao, Hui ^a   Kono, Dwight H ^a   Chen, Ling Yu ^a   Rubin, Elyssa M ^a   Kaye, Jonathan ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCINEURIN; CYCLOSPORIN A; RAS PROTEIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INDUCTION; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INDUCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CYCLOSPORINE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE PROTEIN 1; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, DOMINANT; IMMEDIATE-EARLY PROTEINS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MICE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS P21(RAS); RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0031025652     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.185.4.731     Document Type: Article

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