c-Myb regulates lineage choice in developing thymocytes via its target gene Gata3

EMBO Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 3629-3640

  Maurice, Diane ^a   Hooper, Joel ^a   Lang, Georgina ^a   Weston, Kathleen ^a  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CD4; Gata3; Myb; T cell; Transcription

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN C MYB; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL SELECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; HELPER CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C MYB; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THYMOCYTE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GATA3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; MICE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-MYB; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 34547742562     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7601801     Document Type: Article

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