The human thymic microenvironment: New approaches to functional analysis

Seminars in Immunology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 13-21

  Ritter, Mary A ^a   Palmer, Donald B ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Epithelium; Phage display; Stromal cell; Thymic microenvironment; Thymus

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CD40 ANTIGEN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN; THYMUS HORMONE;

AGING; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; ASSAY; EPITHELIUM CELL; EVOLUTION; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHAGE DISPLAY; THYMUS FUNCTION;

EID: 0032915993     PISSN: 10445323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/smim.1998.0148     Document Type: Article

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