BCL11B is required for positive selection and survival of double-positive thymocytes

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 204, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 3003-3015

  Albu, Diana I ^a   Feng, Dongyun ^a   Bhattacharya, Debarati ^a   Jenkins, Nancy A ^b,d   Copeland, Neal G ^b,d   Liu, Pentao ^c   Avram, Dorina ^a  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BCL11B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE REARRANGEMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THYMOCYTE;

ANIMALS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL SURVIVAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; OPEN READING FRAMES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 36549090422     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: 00221007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20070863     Document Type: Article

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