Redundant regulation of T cell differentiation and TCRα gene expression by the transcription factors LEF-1 and TCF-1

Immunity

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 11-20

  Okamura, Ross M ^a   Sigvardsson, Mikael ^a   Galceran, Juan ^a   Verbeek, Sjef ^b   Clevers, Hans ^b   Grosschedl, Rudolf ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LYMPHOID ENHANCER FACTOR 1; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ENHANCER REGION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; GROWTH REGULATION; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR DENSITY; T LYMPHOCYTE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0031883962     PISSN: 10747613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-7613(00)80454-9     Document Type: Article

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