Interleukin-7 receptor signaling network: An integrated systems perspective

Cellular and Molecular Immunology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 79-89

  Palmer, Megan J ^a   Mahajan, Vinay S ^a   Trajman, Lily C ^b   Irvine, Darrell J ^a,b   Lauffenburger, Douglas A ^a,b   Chen, Jianzhu ^b  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

cytokine; IL 7 receptor; modeling; signaling network; systems biology

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR; LIGAND;

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; FEEDBACK, BIOCHEMICAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; LIGANDS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-7; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 44949223609     PISSN: 16727681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/cmi.2008.10     Document Type: Review

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