Generation of functional thymocytes in the human adult

Immunity

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 569-575

  Jamieson, Beth D ^a   Douek, Daniel C ^b   Killian, Scott ^a,c   Hultin, Lance E ^a   Scripture Adams, Deirdre D ^a   Giorgi, Janis V ^a   Marelli, Daniel ^a   Koup, Richard A ^b   Zack, Jerome A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOPOIESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SURVIVAL; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS FUNCTION; VIRUS LOAD;

EID: 0033136325     PISSN: 10747613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-7613(00)80056-4     Document Type: Article

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