Gads-/- mice reveal functionally distinct subsets of TCRβ+ CD4-CD8- double-negative thymocytes

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 1013-1021

  Zeng, Ling ^a   Dalheimer, Stacy L ^a   Yankee, Thomas M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADS PROTEIN; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; MONA PROTEIN, MOUSE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCING ADAPTOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; THYMOCYTE; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL LINEAGE; CYTOLOGY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD4; ANTIGENS, CD8; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 34548766148     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.179.2.1013     Document Type: Article

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