Peripheral selection of T cell repertoires: The role of continuous thymus output

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 186, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1099-1106

  Tanchot, Corinne ^a   Rocha, Benedita ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BONE MARROW CELL; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MEMORY CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL AGING; CELL SURVIVAL; CHIMERA; CLONE CELLS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0030779119     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.186.7.1099     Document Type: Article

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