Inactivation of the RB family prevents thymus involution and promotes thymic function by direct control of foxn1 expression

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 210, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1087-1097

  Garfin, Phillip M ^a   Min, Dullei ^a   Bryson, Jerrod L ^b   Serwold, Thomas ^c   Edris, Badreddin ^a   Blackburn, Clare C ^d   Richie, Ellen R ^e   Weinberg, Kenneth I ^a   Manley, Nancy R ^b   Sage, Julien ^a   Viatour, Patrick ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOXN1 PROTEIN; PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR E2F; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; INVOLUTION; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; E2F TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIUM; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE SILENCING; GENES, RETINOBLASTOMA; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MUTATION; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 84880646691     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: 15409538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20121716     Document Type: Article

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