RET/GFRα Signals Are Dispensable for Thymic T Cell Development In Vivo

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Almeida, Afonso Rocha Martins ^a   Arroz Madeira, Sílvia ^a   Fonseca Pereira, Diogo ^a   Ribeiro, Hélder ^a   Lasrado, Reena ^b   Pachnis, Vassilis ^b   Veiga Fernandes, Henrique ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN RET;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL COUNT; CELL MATURATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FETUS; GAIN OF FUNCTION MUTATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GFRA1 GENE; GFRA2 GENE; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; REGULATOR GENE; RET GENE; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GLIAL CELL LINE-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTORS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUTATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-RET; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

MUS;

EID: 84871649026     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0052949     Document Type: Article

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