Technical advance: Fluorescent reporter reveals insights into eomesodermin biology in cytotoxic lymphocytes

Journal of Leukocyte Biology

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 307-315

  Gordon, Scott M ^a,b   Bikoff, Elizabeth K ^b,c   Robertson, Elizabeth J ^c   Wherry, E John ^a,b,c   Reiner, Steven L ^a,b,c,d  

^a Departments of Microbiology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cd8 t cells; Differentiation; Homeostasis; Memory; Natural killer cells

Indexed keywords

EOMESODERMIN; FLUORESCEIN;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CYTOTOXIC LYMPHOCYTE; FALSE MEMORY; GENE LOCUS; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REPORTER GENE; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MICE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC;

EID: 84873301174     PISSN: 07415400     EISSN: 19383673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1189/jlb.0812400     Document Type: Article

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