Inhibition of γδ T Cell Development and Early Thymocyte Maturation in IL-7 -/- Mice

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 157, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2366-2373

  Moore, Thomas A ^a   Von Freeden Jeffry, Ursula ^a   Murray, Richard ^a   Zlotnik, Albert ^a  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 7; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; PHYSIOLOGY; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; INTERLEUKIN-7; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, GAMMA-DELTA; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0030587133     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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