Differential Effects of Flk-2/Flt-3 Ligand and Stem Cell Factor on Murine Thymic Progenitor Cells

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 158, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 4187-4192

  Moore, Thomas A ^a   Zlotnik, Albert ^a  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD135 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; FLT3 LIGAND PROTEIN; FLT3 PROTEIN, MOUSE; INTERLEUKIN 3; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 7; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; ONCOPROTEIN; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; STEM CELL FACTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; C57BL MOUSE; CYTOLOGY; HEMATOPOIESIS; MOUSE; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; THYMUS; TIME;

ANIMALS; CYTOKINES; FMS-LIKE TYROSINE KINASE 3; HEMATOPOIESIS; INTERLEUKIN-3; INTERLEUKIN-6; INTERLEUKIN-7; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; STEM CELL FACTOR; THYMUS GLAND; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031132519     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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