Degree of ERK activation influences both positive and negative thymocyte selection

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1060-1068

  Mariathasan, Sanjeev ^a   Ho, Shirley S N ^a   Zakarian, Arsen ^a   Ohashi, Pamela S ^a  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

ERK; MAPK; Thymocyte selection

Indexed keywords

2 (2 AMINO 3 METHOXYPHENYL)CHROMONE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; PROTEIN KINASE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL SELECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL SURVIVAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FLAVONOIDS; H-2 ANTIGENS; LIGANDS; MAP KINASE KINASE 1; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASES; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0033994221     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-4141(200004)30:4<1060::AID-IMMU1060>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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