Early B cell factor promotes B lymphopoiesis with reduced interleukin 7 responsiveness in the absence of E2A

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 199, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1689-1700

  Seet, Christopher S ^a   Brumbaugh, Rachel L ^a   Kee, Barbara L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

E2A; EBF; Lymphopoiesis; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 7; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR E2A; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR EBF; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTYPE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LYMPHOPOIESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, MYC; HELIX-LOOP-HELIX MOTIFS; INTERLEUKIN-7; LYMPHOPOIESIS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; TCF TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 3042693975     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20032202     Document Type: Article

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