Spatial, a gene expressed in thymic stromal cells, depends on three-dimensional thymus organization for its expression

Genes and Immunity

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 391-401

  Flomerfelt, F A ^a,b   Kim, M G ^a,c   Schwartz, R H ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Lymphoid organization; Molecular biology; Rodent; Stromal cells; Thymus

Indexed keywords

RODENTIA;

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PHOTOPROTEIN; PRIMER DNA; SPATIAL PROTEIN, MOUSE;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; STROMA CELL; THYMUS;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; STROMAL CELLS; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0034252202     PISSN: 14664879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.gene.6363695     Document Type: Article

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