T cell precursors in man and mice

Critical Reviews in Immunology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 371-388

  Blom, Bianca ^a   Res, Pieter C M ^a   Spits, Hergen ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Development; Interleukin 7; NK cells; T cell receptor gene rearrangements; T cells; Thymus gland

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 7; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEM CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMUS;

EID: 0031903866     PISSN: 10408401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/critrevimmunol.v18.i4.50     Document Type: Review

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