Development of T cell precursor activity in the murine fetal liver

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1563-1569

  Ema, Hideo ^a   Douagi, Iyadh ^a   Cumano, Ana ^a   Kourilsky, Philippe ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Fetal liver; Murine; Proliferation; T cell precursor; TCRB

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSAY; DILUTION; EMBRYO; FETUS; FETUS LIVER; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; LIVER; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS;

EID: 0031946531     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-4141(199805)28:05<1563::AID-IMMU1563>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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