Generation of human γδ T-cell repertoires

Critical Reviews in Immunology

Volumn 19, Issue 5-6, 1999, Pages 431-460

  McVay, Laila D ^a   Carding, Simon R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Canonical receptors; Extrathymic development; T cell development; TCR gene rearrangement

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR;

CELL MATURATION; CELL SELECTION; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS; AGE; FETUS; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGE FACTORS; FETUS; GENE REARRANGEMENT, DELTA-CHAIN T-CELL ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; GENE REARRANGEMENT, GAMMA-CHAIN T-CELL ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; HUMANS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, GAMMA-DELTA; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0033233269     PISSN: 10408401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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