Expression of the transcription factor GATA-3 is required for the development of the earliest T cell progenitors and correlates with stages of cellular proliferation in the thymus

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1912-1918

  Hendriks, Rudolf W ^a   Nawijn, Martijn C ^a   Engel, J Douglas ^b   Van Doorninck, Hikke ^a   Grosveld, Frank ^a   Karis, Alar ^a,c  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Cell cycle; GATA 3; T cell development; Thymus; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD44V ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYTE; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHIMERA; DNA RECOMBINATION; EMBRYO; GENE INSERTION; GENE TARGETING; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; LACTOSE OPERON; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; REPORTER GENE; STEM CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL SIZE; CHIMERA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GATA3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REARRANGEMENT, ALPHA-CHAIN T-CELL ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; GENE REARRANGEMENT, BETA-CHAIN T-CELL ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; GENES, REPORTER; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HETEROZYGOTE; LAC OPERON; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 0032992351     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-4141(199906)29:06<1912::AID-IMMU1912>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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