Extrathymic Origin of Human γδ T Cells during Fetal Development

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 157, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 2873-2882

  McVay, Laila D ^a   Carding, Simon R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; SRY PROTEIN, HUMAN; TESTIS DETERMINING FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MOTION; CYTOLOGY; EXTRAMEDULLARY HEMATOPOIESIS; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LIVER; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MOVEMENT; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE REARRANGEMENT, DELTA-CHAIN T-CELL ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; GENE REARRANGEMENT, GAMMA-CHAIN T-CELL ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; HEMATOPOIESIS, EXTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, GAMMA-DELTA; SEX-DETERMINING REGION Y PROTEIN; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

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