Lineage commitment in the thymus: Only the most differentiated (TCRhibcl-2hi) subset of CD4+CD8+ thymocytes has selectively terminated CD4 or CD8 synthesis

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 184, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2091-2099

  Punt, Jennifer A ^a,b   Suzuki, Harumi ^a   Granger, Larry G ^a   Sharrow, Susan O ^a   Singer, Alfred ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HAVERFORD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL SELECTION; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTER; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, CD4; ANTIGENS, CD5; ANTIGENS, CD8; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, T-LYMPHOCYTE; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0030469751     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.184.6.2091     Document Type: Article

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