In vitro differentiation of a CD4/CD8 double-positive equivalent thymocyte subset in adult Xenopus

International Immunology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 499-508

  Robert, Jacques ^a   Cohen, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortical thymocyte antigen; Frog; Phorbol myristate acetate; Thymocyte differentiation

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; DIFFERENTIATION ANTIGEN; IONOMYCIN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; MESSENGER RNA; MITOGENIC AGENT; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOBLAST; THYMOCYTE; XENOPUS;

EID: 0032921267     PISSN: 09538178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intimm/11.4.499     Document Type: Article

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