Extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) activation by the pre-T cell receptor in developing thymocytes in vivo

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 190, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1647-1655

  Michie, Alison M ^a   Trop, Sébastien ^a,b   Wiest, David L ^c   Zúñiga Pflücker, Juan Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellular signaling; Fetal thymic organ culture; Pre TCR; Thymocyte differentiation; Thymus

Indexed keywords

MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE;

ANIMALS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT, BETA-CHAIN T-CELL ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, SCID; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; PHOSPHORYLATION; RECEPTOR-CD3 COMPLEX, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMOMA; THYMUS GLAND; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; TRANSFECTION; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0033431773     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.190.11.1647     Document Type: Article

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