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Lymphoid development: it's not 'all Greek to us' any more

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Lymphocyte lineage specification involves multiple regulatory factors that act in reciprocal fashion to ensure lineage committment and identity. New insights on how these factors interact were presented at the second Aegean Workshop on Gene Regulation in Lymphocyte Development.

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Figure 1: The lymphocyte development workshop was held near the ancient Minoan ruins of Knossos, located on the Greek island of Crete.
Figure 2: Molecular events involved in B and T lineage specification and commitment.
Figure 3: Transcriptional control of mature lymphocyte cell fates.

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    Barbara A Osborne

  2. Department of Pathology and Committees on Immunology Cancer Biology and Developmental Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, 60637, Illinois, USA

    Barbara L Kee

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