CD4-CD8 lineage differentiation: Thpok-ing into the nucleus

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 183, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 2903-2910

  Wang, Lie ^a   Bosselut, Rémy ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; EOMESODERMIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 3; PROTEIN MYB; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; THPOK PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TOX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN; TH POK PROTEIN, MOUSE; TH-POK PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; BINDING SITE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SELECTION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; EPIGENETICS; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THYMOCYTE; TRANSGENICS; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; DOWN REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD4; ANTIGENS, CD8; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; DOWN-REGULATION; MICE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 70349247895     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0901041     Document Type: Review

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