Loss of function of the homeobox gene Hoxa-9 perturbs early T-cell development and induces apoptosis in primitive thymocytes

Blood

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 383-393

  Izon, David J ^a   Rozenfeld, Sofia ^a   Fong, Stephen T ^a   Kömüves, László ^a   Largman, Corey ^a   Jeffrey Lawrence, H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR; PROTEIN BCL 2; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; UVOMORULIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; FETUS; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; HOMEOBOX; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS;

EID: 0032528516     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood.v92.2.383     Document Type: Article

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