Semi-quantitative polymerase chain reaction analysis of cytokine and cytokine receptor gene expression during thymic ontogeny

Cytokine

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 717-726

  Montgomery, Robert A ^a   Dallman, Margaret J ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cytokine; Cytokine receptor; Thymus

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; CYTOKINE RECEPTOR; GAMMA INTERFERON; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 3; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 4 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 7; LYMPHOTOXIN; MESSENGER RNA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPITHELIUM; FETUS; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS;

ANIMALIA; ILEX COOKII;

EID: 0031259549     PISSN: 10434666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cyto.1997.0227     Document Type: Article

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