The GTPase Rac-1 controls cell fate in the thymus by diverting thymocytes from positive to negative selection

Immunity

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 703-713

  Gomez, Manuel ^a   Kioussis, Dimitris ^b   Cantrell, Doreen A ^a  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD5 ANTIGEN; CD69 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN BCL 2; RAC1 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FATE; CELL MATURATION; CELL SELECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOMEOSTASIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPLEEN; SPLEEN CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0035652283     PISSN: 10747613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-7613(01)00235-7     Document Type: Article

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