Distal-less homeobox transcription factors regulate development and maturation of natural killer cells

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 31, 2008, Pages 10877-10882

  Sunwoo, John B ^a,b   Kim, Sungjin ^a   Yang, Liping ^a   Naik, Tina ^a   Higuchi, Darryl A ^a   Rubenstein, John L ^c   Yokoyama, Wayne M ^a,b  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dlx; Gene expression; Lymphocyte; NK

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; PROTEIN DLX;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; LYMPHOCYTE; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

MURINAE;

EID: 49449093381     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0805205105     Document Type: Article

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