Hematopoiesis and T-cell specification as a model developmental system

Immunological Reviews

Volumn 271, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 72-97

  Rothenberg, Ellen V ^a   Kueh, Hao Yuan ^a   Yui, Mary A ^a   Zhang, Jingli A ^a,b  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b GENENTECH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Commitment; Gene regulatory networks; Lineage hierarchy; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN BCL11B; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; HEMATOPOIESIS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; INVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; T LYMPHOCYTE; VERTEBRATE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EMBRYOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HEMATOPOIESIS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 84963615063     PISSN: 01052896     EISSN: 1600065X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/imr.12417     Document Type: Article

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