Late thymectomy in Xenopus tadpoles reveals a population of T cells that persists through metamorphosis

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 165-174

  Rollins Smith, Louise A ^a   Parker Needham, Dusty A ^a   Davis, A Tray ^a   Blair, Patrick J ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Metamorphosis; MHC class II; T Lymphocytes; Thymectomy; Xenopus; XT 1; XTLA 1

Indexed keywords

CONCANAVALIN A; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; METAMORPHOSIS; MITOGENICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TADPOLE; THYMECTOMY; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; XENOPUS (GENUS); XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0030572170     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0145-305X(96)00018-3     Document Type: Article

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