Viable c-KitW/W mutants reveal pivotal role for c-Kit in the maintenance of lymphopoiesis

Immunity

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 277-288

  Waskow, Claudia ^a   Paul, Sabine ^a   Haller, Corinne ^b   Gassmann, Max ^c   Rodewald, Hans Reimer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b BASEL INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUTANT PROTEIN; STEM CELL FACTOR;

AGE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BONE MARROW; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM; HOST; LYMPHOPOIESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RADIATION PROTECTION; SPLEEN; STEM CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0036753694     PISSN: 10747613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-7613(02)00386-2     Document Type: Article

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