NKAP is required for T cell maturation and acquisition of functional competency

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 208, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1291-1304

  Hsu, Fan Chi ^a   Pajerowski, Anthony G ^a,b   Nelson Holte, Molly ^a   Sundsbak, Rhianna ^a   Shapiro, Virginia Smith ^a  

^a MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; NKAP PROTEIN; PROTEIN BCL 2; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SEPARATION; CO-REPRESSOR PROTEINS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-7 RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSGENES;

EID: 79958290116     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: 15409538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20101874     Document Type: Article

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