A limited role for β-selection during γδ T cell development

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 161, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 5851-5854

  Wilson, Anne ^a,b   MacDonald, H Robson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b LUDWIG INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE;

ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINEAGE; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT, BETA-CHAIN T-CELL ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; INTRACELLULAR FLUID; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, GAMMA-DELTA; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0032402305     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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