Intrathymic T cell development and selection proceeds normally in the absence of glucocorticoid receptor signaling

Immunity

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 179-186

  Purton, Jared F ^a,b   Boyd, Richard L ^a   Cole, Timothy J ^a   Godfrey, Dale I ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Australia)

^b BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN B; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RECEPTOR BINDING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEROID METABOLISM; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; THYMOCYTE;

EID: 0033715726     PISSN: 10747613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-7613(00)00018-2     Document Type: Article

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