Modulation of thymic selection by expression of an immediate-early gene, early growth response 1 (Egr-1)

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 188, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 715-723

  Miyazaki, Toru ^a   Lemonnier, François A ^b  

^a BASEL INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Avidity; Egr 1; Positive selection; T cell; Transgenic mouse

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; HY ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; RNA; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BETA 2-MICROGLOBULIN; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE PROTEIN 1; FEMALE; H-2 ANTIGENS; H-Y ANTIGEN; IMMEDIATE-EARLY PROTEINS; LEUKOPOIESIS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 0032541312     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.188.4.715     Document Type: Article

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