Thymic overexpression of CD40 ligand disrupts normal thymic epithelial organization

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 129-141

  Dunn, Robert J ^a   Luedecker, Carrie J ^a   Haugen, Harald S ^b   Clegg, Christopher H ^b   Farr, Andrew G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB   (United States)

Author keywords

CD40; CD40 L; gp39; Thymic epithelium

Indexed keywords

CD40 ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; THYMUS;

EID: 0031013494     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002215549704500116     Document Type: Article

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