Peptide-induced positive selection of TCR transgenic thymocytes in a coreceptor-independent manner

Immunity

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 643-653

  Sebzda, Eric ^a   Choi, Mabel ^a   Fung Leung, Wai Ping ^b   Mak, Tak W ^a,c   Ohashi, Pamela S ^a  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b JOHNSON AND JOHNSON PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c AMGEN INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD8 ANTIGEN; PERFORIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DOWN REGULATION; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS VIRUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0030916961     PISSN: 10747613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-7613(00)80352-0     Document Type: Article

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