The αβ versus γδ T-cell lineage choice

Current Opinion in Immunology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 181-187

  Robey, Ellen ^a   Fowlkes, Bj ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR DELTA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GAMMA CHAIN;

CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; GENE EXPRESSION; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS;

EID: 0031955884     PISSN: 09527915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-7915(98)80247-1     Document Type: Article

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