Developmental and molecular characterization of emerging β- and γδ-selected pre-T cells in the adult mouse thymus

Immunity

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 53-64

  Taghon, Tom ^a,b   Yui, Mary A ^a   Pant, Rashmi ^a   Diamond, Rochelle A ^a   Rothenberg, Ellen V ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD27 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 1; INTERLEUKIN 2; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR DELTA; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GAMMA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CLONING; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SELECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD27; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL LINEAGE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; INTERLEUKIN-2; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, GAMMA-DELTA; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; STEM CELLS; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSGENES; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 30444454357     PISSN: 10747613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2005.11.012     Document Type: Article

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