Constitutive activation of integrin α4β1 defines a unique stage of human thymocyte development

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 179, Issue 5, 1994, Pages 1573-1584

  Salomon, Daniel R ^a   Mojcik, Christopher F ^a   Chang, Andrew C ^a   Wadsworth, Scott ^a   Adams, David H ^b   Coligan, John E ^a   Shevach, Ethan M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTEGRIN; T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CHILD; CYTOFLUOROMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMOCYTE;

EID: 0028348554     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.179.5.1573     Document Type: Article

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