Regulation of pre-T cell receptor (pTα-TCRβ) gene expression during human thymic development

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 184, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 519-530

  Ramiro, Almudena R ^a   Trigueros, César ^a   Márquez, Carlos ^a   San Millán, José L ^b   Toribio, María L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REPLICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE; THYMOCYTE;

EID: 0029835185     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.184.2.519     Document Type: Article

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