Developmental progression of fetal HEB -/- precursors to the pre-T-cell stage is restored by HEBAlt

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3173-3182

  Braunstein, Marsela ^a   Anderson, Michele K ^a  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Developmental immunology; Thymopoiesis; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; CELL PROTEIN; E PROTEIN TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HEB; HEBALT PROTEIN; RAG1 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; CD3E PROTEIN, MOUSE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; ISOPROTEIN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; RAG 1 PROTEIN; RAG-1 PROTEIN; TCF12 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INACTIVATION; HEMATOPOIESIS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRE T CELL STAGE; PRE T LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; STROMA CELL; THYMOCYTE; THYMOPOIESIS; THYMUS; TRANSGENICS; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; FETUS; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD3; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; FETUS; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PRECURSOR CELLS, T-LYMPHOID; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 78650625156     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: 15214141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.201040360     Document Type: Article

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