Differential lineage specification of thymic epithelial cells from bipotent precursors revealed by TSCOT promoter activities

Genes and Immunity

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 401-406

  Park, C S ^a   Lee, G ^b,e   Yang, S J ^c,f   Ahn, S ^d   Kim, K Y ^c   Shin, H ^c   Kim, M G ^c  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Inha University   (South Korea)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e Logos Biosystems Inc   (South Korea)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

bipotent precursor; Cre transgenic mouse; lineage differentiation; Ly110; thymic epithelial cell; TSCOT

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; CRE RECOMBINASE; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; THYMIC STROMAL COTRANSPORTER PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS;

MUS MUSCULUS;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; KERATINS; MICE; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SYMPORTERS; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84883856726     PISSN: 14664879     EISSN: 14765470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/gene.2013.30     Document Type: Article

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