c-kit+ stem cells and thymocyte precursors in the livers of adult mice

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 184, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 687-693

  Watanabe, Hisami ^a   Miyaji, Chikako ^a   Seki, Shuhji ^a,b   Abo, Toru ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b National Defense Force   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEM CELL FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; HEMATOPOIESIS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; LIVER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE;

EID: 0029841125     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.184.2.687     Document Type: Article

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