Context-dependent regulation of hematopoietic lineage choice by HEBAlt

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 185, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 4109-4117

  Wang, Duncheng ^a,b,d   Claus, Carol L ^a,e   Rajkumar, Paula ^a   Braunstein, Marsela ^a,b   Moore, Amanda J ^a,b   Sigvardsson, Mikael ^c   Anderson, Michele K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e Sanofi Pasteur   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMODIMER; NOTCH RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX5; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ISOPROTEIN; PAX5 PROTEIN, MOUSE; T CELL FACTOR PROTEIN; TCF12 PROTEIN, MOUSE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 7 LIKE 1 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 7-LIKE 1 PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BONE MARROW CELL; CELL MATURATION; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRE T LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; T LYMPHOCYTE; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOPOIESIS; METABOLISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; B-CELL-SPECIFIC ACTIVATOR PROTEIN; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; LYMPHOPOIESIS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TCF TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 77958125447     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0901783     Document Type: Article

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