On the role of the pre-T cell receptor in αβ versus γδ T lineage commitment

Immunity

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 649-655

  Aifantis, Iannis ^a   Azogui, Orly ^a   Feinberg, Jacqueline ^a   Saint Ruf, Claude ^a   Buer, Jan ^a   Von Boehmer, Harald ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL SELECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE;

EID: 0032213687     PISSN: 10747613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-7613(00)80662-7     Document Type: Article

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