E proteins and Notch signaling cooperate to promote T cell lineage specification and commitment

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 203, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1329-1342

  Ikawa, Tomokatsu ^a   Kawamoto, Hiroshi ^b   Goldrath, Ananda W ^a   Murre, Cornelis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; NOTCH RECEPTOR; PROTEIN E47; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LYMPHOPOIESIS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TCF TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 33646671945     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: 00221007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20060268     Document Type: Article

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