Intrathymic δ selection events in γδ cell development

Immunity

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 83-95

  Passoni, Lorena ^a   Hoffman, Eric S ^a   Kim, Sylvia ^a   Crompton, Tessa ^b   Pao, William ^a   Dong, Meng Qiu ^a   Owen, Michael J ^b   Hayday, Adrian C ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC SELECTION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE; THYMOCYTE;

EID: 0030745346     PISSN: 10747613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-7613(00)80512-9     Document Type: Article

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