IL-7 receptor signaling is necessary for stage transition in adult B cell development through up-regulation of EBF

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 201, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1197-1203

  Kikuchi, Kazu ^a   Lai, Anne Y ^a   Hsu, Chia Lin ^a   Kondo, Motonari ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR; STAT5 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING; HEMATOPOIESIS; LYMPHOPOIESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; INTERLEUKIN-7; LYMPHOPOIESIS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MILK PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-7; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAT5 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 18244386710     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20050158     Document Type: Article

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