Activation of the recombination activating gene 1 (RAG-1) transcript in bone marrow of senescent C57BL/6 mice by recombinant interleukin-7

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1999, Pages

  Yehuda, Arie Ben ^a   Wirtheim, Eytan ^b   Abdulhai, Ali ^a   Or, Reuven ^a   Slavin, Shimon ^a   Babaey, Sharona ^a   Friedman, Gideon ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT INTERLEUKIN 7;

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOBLAST; B LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; BONE MARROW CELL; CELL PROLIFERATION; FEMALE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; IMMUNOREGULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032913081     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/54.4.B143     Document Type: Article

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