Distinct roles of the interleukin-7 receptor α chain in fetal and adult thymocyte development revealed by analysis of interleukin-7 receptor α-deficient mice

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1859-1866

  Crompton, Tessa ^a   Outram, Susan V ^b,c   Buckland, Jennifer ^b   Owen, Michael J ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

CD25; IL 7R chain; RAG; Thymocyte

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMOCYTE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; MICE; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, GAMMA-DELTA; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-7; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0031813748     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-4141(199806)28:06<1859::AID-IMMU1859>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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