Expression and function of pituitary tumour transforming gene for T-lymphocyte activation

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1070-1074

  Stoika, Rostyslav ^a,b   Yu, Run ^a   Melmed, Shlomo ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF CELL BIOLOGY   (Ukraine)

^c CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell cycle; Expression; Human T cells; Pituitary tumour transforming gene; Regulation

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; CYCLOSPORIN A; HYDROCODONE; MESSENGER RNA; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; PITUITARY TUMOR TRANSFORMING PROTEIN; TUMOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INDUCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; IMMUNOPHARMACOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TESTIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TUMOR CELL;

ADULT; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL CYCLE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, IMMUNOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; JURKAT CELLS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; T-LYMPHOCYTES; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0036456443     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.2002.03941.x     Document Type: Article

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