Cytosolic sequestration of Prep1 influences early stages of T cell development

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Penkov, Dmitry ^a,c   Palazzolo, Martina ^a   Mondino, Anna ^a   Blasi, Francesco ^a,b  

^a VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b FIRC INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^c ENGELHARDT INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE LCK; PROTEIN PREP1; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PBX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PBX2; PKNOX1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; PRIMER DNA;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL MATURATION; CELL SELECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; DNA BINDING; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ISOLATION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; THYMUS;

MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CYTOSOL; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; S PHASE; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 49149123268     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002424     Document Type: Article

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