Activins and inhibins: Novel regulators of thymocyte development

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 381, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 229-235

  Licona Limón, Paula ^a   Alemán Muench, German ^a   Chimal Monroy, Jesus ^b   Macías Silva, Marina ^c   García Zepeda, Eduardo A ^a   Matzuk, Martin M ^d   Fortoul, Teresa I ^e   Soldevila, Gloria ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOMÉDICAS   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO DE FISIOLOGÍA CELULAR   (Mexico)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Activins; Cell differentiation; Cell signaling; Inhibins; Knockout mice; TGF superfamily; Thymocytes

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; ACTIVIN A; INHIBIN; INHIBIN A;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE;

ACTIVINS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD24; ANTIGENS, CD8; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; INHIBINS; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA;

MUS;

EID: 61849170607     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2009.02.029     Document Type: Article

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