Precise analysis of the structure of the thymus for establishing details of the mechanisms underlying thymocyte proliferation and maturation

Archives of Histology and Cytology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-8

  Fukumoto, Tetsuo ^a,b  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SELECTION; EPITHELIUM CELL; NONHUMAN; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THYMOCYTE; THYMOMA; THYMUS; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL MOTION; DRUG EFFECT; EPITHELIUM; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL MOVEMENT; EPITHELIUM; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; PHYLOGENY; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0030611647     PISSN: 09149465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1679/aohc.60.1     Document Type: Article

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