Early intrathymic precursor cells acquired a CD4(low) phenotype

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 160, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1735-1741

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; RECOMBINASE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; GAMMA IRRADIATION; GENE ACTIVATION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMOCYTE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD4; BONE MARROW; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MEMBRANE; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RADIATION CHIMERA; STEM CELLS; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0032519729     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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