Characterization of the Roles of Rac1 and Rac2 GTPases in Lymphocyte Development

Methods in Enzymology

Volumn 439, Issue , 2008, Pages 235-254

  Dumont, Celine ^a   Henderson, Robert ^a   Tybulewicz, Victor L J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL ANTIBODY; CHEMOKINE; CYTOKINE; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; NOTCH RECEPTOR; RAC1 PROTEIN; RAC2 PROTEIN; RAC PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SELECTION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CELL SURVIVAL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE REARRANGEMENT; LYMPHOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAINING; T LYMPHOCYTE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

MUS;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL COMPARTMENTATION; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; MICE; RAC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; RAC1 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 45549092250     PISSN: 00766879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0076-6879(07)00418-1     Document Type: Review

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