Maintenance of thymic epithelial phenotype requires extrinsic signals in mouse and zebrafish

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 181, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 5272-5277

  Soza Ried, Cristian ^a   Bleul, Conrad C ^a   Schorpp, Michael ^a   Boehm, Thomas ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOBIOLOGY AND EPIGENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; CRE RECOMBINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXN1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FOXN1 PROTEIN, ZEBRAFISH; INTEGRASE; WHN PROTEIN; ZEBRAFISH PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FATE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EPITHELIUM; EPITHELIUM CELL; LARVA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARATHYROID GLAND; PRIMORDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS EPITHELIUM; TRANSGENE; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHARYNX; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; THYMUS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; EPITHELIUM; EVOLUTION; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; INTEGRASES; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PHARYNX; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSGENES; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 54049118794     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.181.8.5272     Document Type: Article

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