Analysis of transcription factor expression during discrete stages of postnatal thymocyte differentiation

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 1094-1102

  Tabrizifard, Sahba ^a   Olaru, Alexandru ^b   Plotkin, Jason ^a   Fallahi Sichani, Mohammad ^a   Livak, Ferenc ^b   Petrie, Howard T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TYPE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL; STROMA CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; THYMOCYTE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 3142763848     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.173.2.1094     Document Type: Article

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