Role of different T cell receptors in the development of pre-T cells

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 185, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1541-1547

  Buer, Jan ^a   Aifantis, Iannis ^a   DiSanto, James P ^b   Fehling, Hans Joerg ^c   Von Boehmer, Harald ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^c BASEL INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL MATURATION; COVALENT BOND; GENE REARRANGEMENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; THYMOCYTE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD44; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, GAMMA-DELTA; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-2; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0030959411     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.185.9.1541     Document Type: Article

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