c-Myb is essential for early T cell development
Abstract
The c-Myb transcription factor is important for fetal hematopoiesis and has been proposed to mediate later stages of lymphocyte development. Using homozygous null c-Myb/Rag1 chimeric mice, we have determined that c-Myb plays an important role in the differentiation of macrophages and lymphocytes from precursor stem cells. We also determine that deletion of c-Myb leads to a complete block in early T cell development just before the oligopotent thymocyte matures into the definitive T cell precursor. These data indicate that c-Myb plays an important role at multiple stages of hematopoiesis and is required at an early stage of T cell development.
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↵Corresponding author.
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E-MAIL siu{at}cusiu3.cpmc.columbia.edu; FAX (212) 305-8013.
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- Received February 8, 1999.
- Accepted March 24, 1999.
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press