Orphan nuclear receptors in T lymphocyte development

Journal of Leukocyte Biology

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 440-446

  He, You Wen ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Negative selection; Nur 77; ROR ; TCR rearrangement; Thymocyte apoptosis; Thymocyte differentiation

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR NUR77; OPRHAN NUCLEAR RECEPTOR RORGAMMA; ORPHAN NUCLEAR RECEPTOR; ORPHAN NUCLEAR RECEPTOR NOR1; PROTEIN BCL XL; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; CELL MATURATION; CELL SURVIVAL; GENE REARRANGEMENT; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PEYER PATCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; BCL-X PROTEIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CLONAL DELETION; CYTOTOXICITY, IMMUNOLOGIC; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEMATOPOIESIS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; LYMPH NODES; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, NEUROLOGIC MUTANTS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PC12 CELLS; PEYER'S PATCHES; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RATS; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; RECEPTORS, RETINOIC ACID; RECEPTORS, STEROID; RECEPTORS, THYROID HORMONE; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036745068     PISSN: 07415400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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