Long-term culture of triple-negative thymocytes

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 156, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 957-962

  Montecino Rodriguez, Encarnacion ^a   Dorshkind, Kenneth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL MATURATION; ENVIRONMENT; GENE REARRANGEMENT; MOUSE; MYELOPOIESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROMA CELL; THYMOCYTE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD4; ANTIGENS, CD8; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINE; GENE REARRANGEMENT, T-LYMPHOCYTE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; RECEPTOR-CD3 COMPLEX, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, GAMMA-DELTA; STROMAL CELLS; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0030064030     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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