The zinc finger transcription factor Th-POK regulates CD4 versus CD8 T-cell lineage commitment

Nature

Volumn 433, Issue 7028, 2005, Pages 826-833

  He, Xiao ^a   He, Xi ^a   Dave, Vibhuli P ^a,c   Zhang, Yi ^a   Hua, Xiang ^a   Nicolas, Emmanuelle ^a   Xu, Weiheng ^b   Roe, Bruce A ^b   Kappes, Dietmar J ^a  

^a FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c Lymphocyte Development Laboratory   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HISTOLOGY; TISSUE;

HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; T-CELLS; THYMOCYTES; ZINC FINGER TRANSCRIPTION;

CELLS;

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TH POK; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; TH POK PROTEIN, MOUSE; TH-POK PROTEIN, MOUSE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

BIOLOGY;

CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL LINEAGE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HELPER CELL; KILLER CELL; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RECEPTOR BINDING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SPONTANEOUS MUTATION; STEM CELL; THYMOCYTE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; MOUSE STRAIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THYMUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL LINEAGE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 14544288635     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03338     Document Type: Review

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