CD8 locus nuclear dynamics during thymocyte development

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 184, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 5686-5695

  Ktistaki, Eleni ^a   Garefalaki, Anna ^a   Williams, Adam ^a,c   Andrews, Simon R ^b   Bell, Donald M ^a   Foster, Katie E ^a,e   Spilianakis, Charalampos G ^c,f   Flavell, Richard A ^c   Kosyakova, Nadezda ^d   Trifonov, Vladmir ^d   Liehr, Thomas ^d   Kioussis, Dimitris ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^e IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^f INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CD8ALPHA ANTIGEN; CD8BETA ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; C57BL MOUSE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMOSOME POSITIONING; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; DNA PROBE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOID TISSUE; METABOLISM; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD4; ANTIGENS, CD8; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOME POSITIONING; DNA PROBES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 77954695599     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1000170     Document Type: Article

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