Rare peripheral T cells migrate to and persist in normal mouse thymus

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 168, Issue 5, 1988, Pages 1929-1934

  Michie, Sara A ^a   Kirkpatrick, E A ^a   Rouse, Robert V ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOANTIGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CELL MIGRATION; CYTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LYMPHOCYTE HOMING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS; THYMUS MEDULLA; TISSUE CULTURE;

ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, T-LYMPHOCYTE; ANTIGENS, LY; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; ANTIGENS, THY-1; CELL MOVEMENT; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0024256095     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: 15409538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.168.5.1929     Document Type: Article

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