Lineage plasticity and commitment in T-cell development

Immunological Reviews

Volumn 187, Issue , 2002, Pages 96-115

  Rothenberg, Ellen V ^a   Dionne, Christopher J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD24 ANTIGEN; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR RECEPTOR; GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; HERMES ANTIGEN; INHIBITOR OF DIFFERENTIATION 2; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; NOTCH RECEPTOR; RAG1 PROTEIN; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GAMMA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR SIGMA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR E2A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL TRANSFER; DENDRITIC CELL; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; STEM CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINEAGE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0036751122     PISSN: 01052896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-065X.2002.18709.x     Document Type: Review

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