β-Catenin Is Dispensable for Hematopoiesis and Lymphopoiesis

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 199, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 221-229

  Cobas, Monica ^a   Wilson, Anne ^a   Ernst, Bettina ^a   Mancini, Stéphane J C ^a   MacDonald, H Robson ^a   Kemler, Rolf ^b   Radtke, Freddy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOBIOLOGY AND EPIGENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

B cells; Development; Gene targeting; T cells; Wnt signaling

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; WNT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BONE MARROW; BONE MARROW CELL; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROID CELL; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIESIS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LYMPHOID CELL; LYMPHOPOIESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BETA CATENIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CHIMERA; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIESIS; INTEGRASES; LYMPHOPOIESIS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PHENOTYPE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 1642499734     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20031615     Document Type: Article

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