Isolation of the most immature population of murine fetal thymocytes that includes progenitors capable of generating T, B, and myeloid cells

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 184, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1901-1908

  Hattori, Noboru ^a   Kawamoto, Hiroshi ^a   Katsura, Yoshimoto ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; DNA; FC RECEPTOR; HERMES ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BONE MARROW CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE;

EID: 0029829527     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.184.5.1901     Document Type: Article

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