Identification of a novel developmental stage marking lineage commitment of progenitor thymocytes

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 186, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 173-182

  Carlyle, James R ^a   Michie, Alison M ^a   Furlonger, Caren ^b   Nakano, Toru ^c   Lenardo, Michael J ^d   Paige, Christopher J ^a,b   Zúñiga Pflücker, Juan Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CELL SELECTION; FETUS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; FEMALE; FETUS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PREGNANCY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0030790262     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.186.2.173     Document Type: Article

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