Bcl-2 rescues T lymphopoiesis in Interleukin-7 receptor-deficient mice

Cell

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1033-1041

  Akashi, Koichi ^a   Kondo, Motonari ^a   Von Freeden Jeffry, Ursula ^b   Murray, Richard ^b   Weissman, Irving L ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROMAIUS NOVAEHOLLANDIAE;

INTERLEUKIN 7; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN RECEPTOR; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; C57BL MOUSE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HEMATOPOIESIS; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; MUTAGENESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; HEMATOPOIESIS; INTERLEUKIN-7; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MUTAGENESIS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-7; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TRANSGENES;

EID: 0031587826     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)80291-3     Document Type: Article

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