Gene targeting RhoA reveals its essential role in coordinating mitochondrial function and thymocyte development

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 193, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 5973-5982

  Zhang, Shuangmin ^a   Konstantinidis, Diamantis G ^a   Yang, Jun Qi ^a   Mizukawa, Benjamin ^a   Kalim, Khalid ^a   Lang, Richard A ^a   Kalfa, Theodosia A ^a   Zheng, Yi ^a   Guo, Fukun ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN S HOSPITAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; RHO KINASE; RHOA KINASE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE TARGETING; GLYCOLYSIS; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MITOCHONDRION; MITOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; THYMOCYTE; ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; DEFICIENCY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; VDJ RECOMBINATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; APOPTOSIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL SURVIVAL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE TARGETING; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MITOCHONDRIA; PHENOTYPE; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; RHOA GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; THYMOCYTES; V(D)J RECOMBINATION;

EID: 84916899855     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1400839     Document Type: Article

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