At the crossroads: Diverse roles of early thymocyte transcriptional regulators

Immunological Reviews

Volumn 209, Issue , 2006, Pages 191-211

  Anderson, Michele K ^a  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; DNA; IKAROS TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; INHIBITOR OF DIFFERENTIATION 2; NOTCH RECEPTOR; PERFORIN; PROTEIN C MYB; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; RAG1 PROTEIN; RAG2 PROTEIN; STEM CELL FACTOR; T CELL FACTOR PROTEIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CSL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR E2A; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ETS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GLI1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HEBALT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HES 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PU 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SCL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SPI B; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TCF 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; B LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; BINDING SITE; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL FATE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL SURVIVAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA BINDING MOTIF; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE REPRESSION; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATOR GENE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE REARRANGEMENT, BETA-CHAIN T-CELL ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; GENE SILENCING; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-2; LYMPHOPOIESIS; MICE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 33645080183     PISSN: 01052896     EISSN: 1600065X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0105-2896.2006.00352.x     Document Type: Review

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