Lack of natural killer cell precursors in fetal liver of Ikaros knockout mutant mice

Natural Immunity

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 137-145

  Boggs, Sallie S ^a,c   Trevisan, Maryanne ^b   Patrene, Kenneth ^a   Geogopoulos, Katia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ikaros; Natural killer cell precursor; Ontogeny

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; FETUS; FETUS LIVER; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY;

ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; FETUS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; IKAROS TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LIVER; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PREGNANCY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0032449959     PISSN: 10188916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000069438     Document Type: Article

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