Pre-T cell receptor (TCR) and TCR-controlled checkpoints in T cell differentiation are set by Ikaros

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 190, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1039-1048

  Winandy, Susan ^a   Wu, Li ^b   Wang, Jin Hong ^a,c   Georgopoulos, Katia ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB   (United States)

Author keywords

Homeostasis; Malignancy; Selection; Signaling; Thymocyte

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; COMPLEX FORMATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; THYMOCYTE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IKAROS TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0032745697     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.190.8.1039     Document Type: Article

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