Expression of pTα mRNA in a committed dendritic cell precursor in the human thymus

Blood

Volumn 94, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 2647-2657

  Res, Pieter C M ^a   Couwenberg, Franka ^a   Vyth Dreese, Florry A ^a   Spits, Herger ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD1 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD40 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CELL RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 3; INTERLEUKIN 3 RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; CD40 LIGAND; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PRE T CELL RECEPTOR ALPHA; PRE-T CELL RECEPTOR ALPHA; RAG 1 PROTEIN; RAG-1 PROTEIN;

ALPHA CHAIN; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CHILD; DENDRITIC CELL; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; LYMPHOID TISSUE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STEM CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS; TONSIL; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; COCULTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; CD40 LIGAND; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; DENDRITIC CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERLEUKIN-3; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; STEM CELLS; THYMUS GLAND; TONSIL;

EID: 0032589410     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood.v94.8.2647.420k06_2647_2657     Document Type: Article

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