CD3-4-8- thymocyte precursors within interleukin-2 receptors differentiate phenotypically in coculture with thymic stromal cells

Scandinavian Journal of Immunology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 115-121

  Small, M ^a   Weissman, I L ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL; STROMA CELL; THYMOCYTE;

EID: 0030018141     PISSN: 03009475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3083.1996.d01-287.x     Document Type: Article

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