The role of the T-cell receptor (TCR) in αβ/γδ lineage commitment: Clues from intracellular TCR staining

Immunological Reviews

Volumn 165, Issue , 1998, Pages 87-94

  MacDonald, H Robson ^a   Wilson, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE;

EID: 0031788486     PISSN: 01052896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-065X.1998.tb01232.x     Document Type: Review

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