Thymocyte differentiation: it's time to bend a little
Dimitris Kioussis
Division of Molecular Immunology, National Institute for Medical Research, The Ridgeway London NW7 1AA, UK. dkioussis@nimr.mrc.ac.uk
The development of new experimental tools is helping to unravel the molecular secrets of cell differentiation. The identification, by gene chip technology, of a HMG box protein called TOX has yielded valuable information about thymocyte differentiation.