The linkage between T-cell and dendritic cell development in the mouse thymus

Immunological Reviews

Volumn 165, Issue , 1998, Pages 39-46

  Shortman, Ken ^a,c   Vremec, David ^a   Corcoran, Lynn M ^a   Georgopoulos, Katia ^b   Lucas, Karen ^a   Wu, Li ^a  

^a WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BONE MARROW CELL; DENDRITIC CELL; GENE REARRANGEMENT; LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLYMPHOCYTE; RECEPTOR GENE; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; TRANSGENE;

EID: 0031726323     PISSN: 01052896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-065X.1998.tb01228.x     Document Type: Article

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