Precise developmental regulation of Ets family transcription factors during specification and commitment to the T cell lineage

Development

Volumn 126, Issue 14, 1999, Pages 3131-3148

  Anderson, Michele K ^a,b   Hernandez Hoyos, Gabriela ^a,b   Diamond, Rochelle A ^b   Rothenberg, Ellen V ^b  

^a STOWERS INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ets family; Gene expression; Hematopoiesis; T cell development

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE MARKER; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BONE MARROW CELL; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTER; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEMATOPOIETIC CELL; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032784934     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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