Rho GTPase Cdc42 is essential for human T-cell development

Haematologica

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 367-375

  Smits, Kaatje ^a   Iannucci, Veronica ^a   Stove, Veronique ^a   Van Hauwe, Peter ^b   Naessens, Evelien ^a   Meuwissen, Pieter J ^a   Ariën, Kevin K ^a   Bentahir, Mostafa ^a   Plum, Jean ^a   Verhasselt, Bruno ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE GHENT   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Hematopoietic stem cells; Lymphopoiesis; Rac GTP binding proteins; Rho GTP binding proteins; T lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN CDC42; RAC1 PROTEIN; RAC2 PROTEIN; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; STROMAL CELL DERIVED FACTOR 1ALPHA; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTE MIGRATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; CDC42 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL POLARITY; CHEMOKINE CXCL12; CHEMOTAXIS, LEUKOCYTE; CHILD; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RAC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; RAC1 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 77949680020     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: 15928721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2009.006890     Document Type: Article

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