The transcription factor Gli3 regulates differentiation of fetal CD4 -CD8- double-negative thymocytes

Blood

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1296-1304

  Hager Theodorides, Ariadne L ^a   Dessens, Johannes T ^a   Outram, Susan V ^a   Crompton, Tessa ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GLI3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 23744495499     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2005-03-0998     Document Type: Article

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