Positive selection of thymocytes

Annual Review of Immunology

Volumn 13, Issue , 1995, Pages 93-126

  Jameson, Stephen C ^a   Hogquist, Kristin A ^a   Bevan, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

positive selection; T cell development; T cell receptor antagonists; T cell repertoire; thymus

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL INTERACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE;

EID: 0028903727     PISSN: 07320582     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.iy.13.040195.000521     Document Type: Review

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