Development of T-cells during fish embryogenesis

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 253-263

  Trede, Nikolaus S ^a   Zon, Leonard I ^a,b  

^a Division of Hematology   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HEMATOPOIESIS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOPOIESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS FUNCTION; ZEBRA FISH;

EID: 0032077803     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0145-305X(98)00009-3     Document Type: Article

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