The role of the Ets2 transcription factor in the proliferation, maturation, and survival of mouse thymocytes

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 169, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 4873-4881

  Zaldumbide, Arnaud ^a   Carlotti, Françoise ^a   Pognonec, Philippe ^a   Boulukos, Kim E ^a  

^a CENTRE DE BIOCHIMIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ETS 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL DEATH; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C MYC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0036839227     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.169.9.4873     Document Type: Article

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