From hematopoietic progenitors to B cells: Mechanisms of lineage restriction and commitment

Current Opinion in Immunology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 177-184

  Ramírez, Julita ^a   Lukin, Kara ^a   Hagman, James ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA; CD19 ANTIGEN; GROWTH FACTOR; GROWTH FACTOR INDEPENDENT 1; IKAROS TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR E2A; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PU 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SFPI1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL RENEWAL; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DNA BINDING; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; LYMPHOPOIESIS; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL LINEAGE; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; LYMPHOPOIESIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 77951254240     PISSN: 09527915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coi.2010.02.003     Document Type: Review

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