Cyclic adenosine 5′-monophosphate response element binding protein plays a central role in mediating proliferation and differentiation downstream of the pre-TCR complex in developing thymocytes

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 173, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1802-1810

  Grady, Gillian C ^a   Mason, Susan M ^a   Stephen, Julian ^a   Zúñiga Pflücker, Juan Carlos ^b   Michie, Alison M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA SELECTIN; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE C ALPHA; SELECTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENHANCER REGION; ENZYME REGULATION; LYMPHOID CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE;

EID: 3242799552     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.173.3.1802     Document Type: Article

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