Transcriptional control during T-cell development

Current Opinion in Immunology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 166-171

  Clevers, Hans ^a   Ferrier, Pierre ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

CELL INTERACTION; CELL MATURATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0031968028     PISSN: 09527915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-7915(98)80245-8     Document Type: Article

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