Immunocytochemical detection of the homeobox B3, B4, and C6 gene products within the human thymic cellular microenvironment

In Vivo

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 419-424

  Bodey, Bela ^a,e   Bodey Jr , Bela ^a   Siegel, Stuart E ^b   Kaiser, Hans E ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antigen presentation; Functional maturation; Hassall's bodies (HBs); Homeobox (HOX) genes; Homeodomain; Immunocytochemistry; Intrathymic T lymphopoiesis, reticulo epithelial (RE) cells; Paracrine and juxtacrine control; Polyclonal antibodies; T cell differentiation and maturation; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL MATURATION; CHILD; EPITHELIUM CELL; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0033917706     PISSN: 0258851X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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