The RhoA- and CDC42-specific exchange factor Dbs promotes expansion of immature thymocytes and deletion of double-positive and single-positive thymocytes

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 806-816

  Klinger, Mark B ^a,b,c   Guilbault, Benoit ^a,b   Kay, Robert J ^a,b  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Rho GTPases; Thymocyte development

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR DBS; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY CD3; PROTEIN CDC42; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; MCF2L PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL COUNT; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LOSS; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIZATION; THYMOCYTE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; STEM CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CDC42 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; CLONAL DELETION; FEMALE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; RHOA GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; STEM CELLS; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 1642368421     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.200324400     Document Type: Article

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