Negotiation of the T Lineage Fate Decision by Transcription-Factor Interplay and Microenvironmental Signals

Immunity

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 690-702

  Rothenberg, Ellen V ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IKAROS TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; NOTCH RECEPTOR; PROTEIN MYB; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; T CELL FACTOR PROTEIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR E2A; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PU 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX;

B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL FATE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; DENDRITIC CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATOR GENE; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL LINEAGE; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELLS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 34250203551     PISSN: 10747613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2007.06.005     Document Type: Review

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