Identification of novel genes and transcription factors involved in spleen, thymus and immunological development and function

Genes and Immunity

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 101-112

  Hoffman, B G ^a   Williams, K L ^b   Tien, A H ^a   Lu, V ^a   de Algara, T Ruiz ^a   Ting, J P Y ^b   Helgason, C D ^a,c  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

SAGE; Transcription factor; Trim5

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; JANUS KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; NOTCH RECEPTOR; NOTCH1 RECEPTOR; NOTCH4 RECEPTOR; RAF PROTEIN; SMAD5 PROTEIN; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; STAT1 PROTEIN; STAT4 PROTEIN; STAT5 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NFAT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX5; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; WNT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; EMBRYO; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENE MAPPING; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MACROPHAGE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERIAL ANALYSIS OF GENE EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPLEEN; THYMUS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALS; BONE MARROW CELLS; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE LIBRARY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NIH 3T3 CELLS; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPLEEN; STEM CELLS; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; ERINACEIDAE; MURINAE;

EID: 33644747353     PISSN: 14664879     EISSN: 14765470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.gene.6364270     Document Type: Article

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