In Vitro and in Situ Characterization of Fish Thymic Nurse Cells

Developmental Immunology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 17-24

  Flaño, Emilio ^a   Álvarez, Francisco ^a   López Fierro, Pilar ^a   Razquin, Blanca E ^a   J Vilena, Alberto ^a   Zapata, Agustín G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Thymic epithelium; thymic nurse cells; trout thymus

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; EPITHELIUM CELL; FISH; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELEOST; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; TROUT;

ANIMALS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FISHES; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0029791588     PISSN: 10446672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/1996/14738     Document Type: Article

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