Foxp1 is an essential transcriptional regulator of B cell development

Nature Immunology

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 819-826

  Hu, Hui ^a   Wang, Bin ^b,c   Borde, Madhuri ^a   Nardone, Julie ^a,c,d   Maika, Shan ^b   Allred, Laura ^b   Tucker, Philip W ^b   Rao, Anjana ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c University of Texas Health Science Center   (United States)

^d CELL SIGNALING TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; RAG1 PROTEIN; RAG2 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENHANCER REGION; FETUS; FETUS CELL; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE LOSS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IMMUNOREGULATION; LIVER CELL; LYMPHOPOIESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLYMPHOCYTE; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CHIMERA; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, RAG-1; HUMANS; LYMPHOPOIESIS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 33746150775     PISSN: 15292908     EISSN: 15292916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ni1358     Document Type: Article

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