A novel genetic strategy reveals unexpected roles of the Swi-Snf-like chromatin-remodeling BAF complex in thymocyte development

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 205, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2813-2825

  Jani, Anant ^a   Wan, Mimi ^a   Zhang, Jianmin ^a   Cui, Kairong ^b   Wu, Jie ^a   Preston Hurlburt, Paula ^a   Khatri, Rohini ^a   Zhao, Keji ^b   Chi, Tian ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; BARRIER TO AUTOINTEGRATION FACTOR; CHOLECYSTOKININ OCTAPEPTIDE[28,31 N METHYLNORLEUCINE]; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; PROTEIN SWI; BCL2L1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; CD4 ANTIGEN; HELICASE; NONHISTONE PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PROTEIN BCL X; SMARCA4 PROTEIN, MOUSE; SWI SNF B CHROMATIN REMODELING COMPLEX; SWI-SNF-B CHROMATIN-REMODELING COMPLEX; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; GENE TARGETING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMOCYTE; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CHROMATIN; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD4; BCL-X PROTEIN; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; DNA HELICASES; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 58149308528     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: 15409538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20080938     Document Type: Article

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