Polycomb group gene mel-18 regulates early T progenitor expansion by maintaining the expression of Hes-1, a target of the notch pathway

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 174, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 2507-2516

  Miyazaki, Masaki ^a   Kawamoto, Hiroshi ^c   Kato, Yuko ^a   Itoi, Manami ^d   Miyazaki, Kazuko ^b   Masuda, Kyoko ^e   Tashiro, Satoshi ^a   Ishihara, Hiroto ^a   Igarashi, Kazuhiko ^a   Amagai, Takashi ^d   Kanno, Rieko ^a   Kanno, Masamoto ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c RIKEN   (Japan)

^d MEIJI UNIVERSITY OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; NOTCH RECEPTOR; PROTEIN PCG; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL DIVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTA LIKE 1 GENE; DOWN REGULATION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOSS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE TARGETING; HES 1 GENE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MEL 18 GENE; MONOLAYER CULTURE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PCG GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 20044371985     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.174.5.2507     Document Type: Article

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