Using thymus anatomy to dissect T cell repertoire selection

Seminars in Immunology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 65-70

  Laufer, Terri M ^a,c   Glimcher, Laurie H ^a   Lo, David ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

T lymphocyte; Thymus; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ANATOMY; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; MODEL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS;

EID: 0033042562     PISSN: 10445323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/smim.1998.9997     Document Type: Article

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