Thymic epithelial cells provide Wnt signals to developing thymocytes

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1949-1956

  Pongracz, Judit ^a   Hare, Katherine ^a   Harman, Benjamin ^a   Anderson, Graham ^a   Jenkinson, Eric J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Frizzled; Thymic epithelium; Thymocyte development; Wnt

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; FRIZZLED PROTEIN; LYMPHOID ENHANCER FACTOR 1; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN; CATNB PROTEIN, MOUSE; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; ONCOPROTEIN; PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; ZEBRAFISH PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENHANCER REGION; EPITHELIUM CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; STROMA CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EPITHELIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; EPITHELIUM; FRIZZLED RECEPTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THYMUS GLAND; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; WNT PROTEINS; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 0041967288     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.200323564     Document Type: Article

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