Loss of adenomatous polyposis coli gene function disrupts thymic development

Nature Immunology

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 800-809

  Gounari, Fotini ^a   Chang, Rui ^a   Cowan, Janet ^a   Guo, Zhuyan ^a   Dose, Marei ^a   Gounaris, Elias ^b,c   Khazaie, Khashayarsha ^b,c  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APC PROTEIN; BETA CATENIN; NOTCH RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN; CATNB PROTEIN, MOUSE; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RECOMBINASE; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ANAPHASE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; COLON POLYPOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; METAPHASE; MITOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS ATROPHY; THYMUS DISEASE; ALLELE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL CULTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMOSOME BANDING PATTERN; CYTOKINESIS; CYTOLOGY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROVIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THYMUS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ADENOMATOUS POLYPOSIS COLI PROTEIN; ALLELES; ANAPHASE; ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME BANDING; CYTOKINESIS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENES, APC; GENOTYPE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; METAPHASE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MITOSIS; MODELS, GENETIC; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RETROVIRIDAE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VDJ RECOMBINASES;

EID: 23944472219     PISSN: 15292908     EISSN: 15292916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ni1228     Document Type: Article

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