Natural killer cell development and function precede αβ T cell differentiation in mouse fetal thymic ontogeny

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 744-753

  Carlyle, James R ^a   Michie, Alison M ^a   Cho, Sarah K ^a   Zúñiga Pflücker, Juan Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; FETUS; HELPER CELL; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX RESTRICTION; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMUS;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL SEPARATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOTOXICITY, IMMUNOLOGIC; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELLS; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS;

EID: 0031985410     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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