The junctional modifications of a T cell receptor γ chain are determined at the level of thymic precursors

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 174, Issue 5, 1991, Pages 1279-1282

  Ikuta, Koichi ^a   Weissman, Irving L ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL; THYMUS;

ANIMAL; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FETUS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGAN CULTURE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, GAMMA-DELTA; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0026059304     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: 15409538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.174.5.1279     Document Type: Article

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