The molecular jury: Deciding whether immature thymocytes should live or die

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 184, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 305-309

  Vukmanović, Stanislav ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; APOPTOSIS; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL SURVIVAL; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE-1; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0029788693     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: 15409538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.184.2.305     Document Type: Article

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