The regulation and function of the CD4 coreceptor during T lymphocyte development

Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 205, Issue , 1996, Pages 88-106

  Killeen, N ^a   Littman, D R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

APOPTOSIS; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; ONTOGENY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS;

EID: 0029655335     PISSN: 0070217X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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