Strength of signal: A fundamental mechanism for cell fate specification

Immunological Reviews

Volumn 209, Issue , 2006, Pages 170-175

  Hayes, Sandra M ^a   Love, Paul E ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGAND; MORPHOGEN; RECEPTOR; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

CELL FATE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL TYPE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DROSOPHILA; HUMAN; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MOLECULAR MODEL; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN FAMILY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; TISSUE;

ANIMALS; CELL LINEAGE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; LYMPHOPOIESIS; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, GAMMA-DELTA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 33645074677     PISSN: 01052896     EISSN: 1600065X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0105-2896.2006.00356.x     Document Type: Review

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