Molecular dissection of prethymic progenitor entry into the T lymphocyte developmental pathway

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 421-438

  Tydell, C Chace ^a   David Fung, Elizabeth Sharon ^a,b   Moore, Jonathan E ^a   Rowen, Lee ^a,c   Taghon, Tom ^a,d   Rothenberg, Ellen V ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE FOR SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (United States)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATAXIN 1; CD27 ANTIGEN; CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DELTEX1; FORKHEAD BOX PROTEIN 5; HELICASE; KIT PROTEIN; NOTCH RECEPTOR; PROTEIN EVA1; PROTEIN HEBALT; PROTEIN TMEM131; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BCL11B; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; DNA LIBRARY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC SCREENING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; UPREGULATION;

EID: 34249707006     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.179.1.421     Document Type: Article

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