Progression of regulatory gene expression states in fetal and adult pro-T-cell development

Immunological Reviews

Volumn 209, Issue , 2006, Pages 212-236

  David Fung, Elizabeth Sharon ^a   Yui, Mary A ^a   Morales, Marissa ^b   Wang, Hua ^a   Taghon, Tom ^a,c   Diamond, Rochelle A ^a   Rothenberg, Ellen V ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NOTRE DAME OF MARYLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; INHIBITOR OF DIFFERENTIATION 1; INHIBITOR OF DIFFERENTIATION 2; INHIBITOR OF DIFFERENTIATION PROTEIN; LYMPHOID ENHANCER FACTOR 1; NOTCH RECEPTOR; PRE T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; PROTEIN DELTEX1; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; STAT5 PROTEIN; T CELL FACTOR PROTEIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ETS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GFI 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PU 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SPI B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULTHOOD; CALIBRATION; CELL FATE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CELL SELECTION; CELL SPECIFICITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE MUTANT; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRO T LYMPHOCYTE; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN TARGETING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGULATOR GENE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEADY STATE; STEM CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMOCYTE; VARIANCE; WILD TYPE;

AGING; ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CORE BINDING FACTOR ALPHA SUBUNITS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; LYMPHOPOIESIS; MICE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-ETS; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; TCF TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 33645057683     PISSN: 01052896     EISSN: 1600065X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0105-2896.2006.00355.x     Document Type: Review

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