Evolutionary Origins of Lymphocytes: Ensembles of T Cell and B Cell Transcriptional Regulators in a Cartilaginous Fish

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 172, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 5851-5860

  Anderson, Michele K ^a,e   Pant, Rashmi ^a   Miracle, Ann L ^b,f   Sun, Xiao ^a,g   Luer, Carl A ^c   Walsh, Catherine J ^c   Telfer, Janice C ^d   Litman, Gary W ^b   Rothenberg, Ellen V ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c MOTE MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^e SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^f U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^g American Medical Group Association   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

B LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; IKAROS TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR EBF 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SPI C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; FISH; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONTOGENY; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; T LYMPHOCYTE; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 2442506753     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.172.10.5851     Document Type: Article

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