A role for E2-2 at the DN3 stage of early thymopoiesis

Molecular Immunology

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3302-3311

  Wikström, Ingela ^a   Forssell, Johan ^b   Penha Goncalves, Mario N ^a   Bergqvist, Ingela ^a   Holmberg, Dan ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cell differentiation; T lymphocyte; Thymus; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; INHIBITOR OF DIFFERENTIATION 3; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN E2 2; PROTEIN HEB; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR E2A;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL SELECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; ORGAN CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEM CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INHIBITOR OF DIFFERENTIATION PROTEINS; LIVER; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; RNA, MESSENGER; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TCF TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 43449111178     PISSN: 01615890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2008.02.012     Document Type: Article

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