In vitro models of T cell development

Seminars in Immunology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 3-12

  Hare, Katherine J ^b   Jenkinson, Eric J ^b   Anderson, Graham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Organ culture; Stromal cell; Thymocyte; Thymus

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL SELECTION; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HEMATOPOIESIS; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; ORGAN CULTURE; RETROVIRUS; STROMA CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE;

EID: 0012106767     PISSN: 10445323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/smim.1998.0151     Document Type: Article

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