A domain of Foxn1 required for crosstalk-dependent thymic epithelial cell differentiation

Nature Immunology

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1128-1135

  Su, Dong Ming ^a   Navarre, Samuel ^b   Oh, Won Jong ^b   Condie, Brian G ^a   Manley, Nancy R ^a  

^a University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUTANT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXN1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; EPITHELIUM CELL; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUDE MOUSE; NULL ALLELE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EPITHELIUM; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; MICE; MUTATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECEPTOR CROSS-TALK; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0242624627     PISSN: 15292908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ni983     Document Type: Article

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