Combined heterozygous loss of Ebf1 and Pax5 allows for T-lineage conversion of B cell progenitors

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 212, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1109-1123

  Ungerbäck, Jonas ^a   Åhsberg, Josefine ^a   Strid, Tobias ^a   Somasundaram, Rajesh ^a   Sigvardsson, Mikael ^a  

^a Faculty of Health Sciences   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD19 ANTIGEN; NOTCH1 RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR EBF1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; EBF1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; NOTCH RECEPTOR; PAX5 PROTEIN, MOUSE; PRIMER DNA; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL DEDIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL PLASTICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; NONHUMAN; PRE B LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; ANIMAL; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CYTOLOGY; DEFICIENCY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD19; B-CELL-SPECIFIC ACTIVATOR PROTEIN; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; DNA PRIMERS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LOSS OF HETEROZYGOSITY; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 84954118365     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: 15409538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20132100     Document Type: Article

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