Extrathymic signals regulate the onset of T cell repertoire selection

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1948-1956

  Fairchild, Paul J ^a   Waldmann, Herman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fetal mouse serum; Positive selection; Thymus; Vascularization

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; PLASMA PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; FEMALE; LEUKOPOIESIS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RECEPTOR-CD3 COMPLEX, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THYMUS GLAND; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033923206     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-4141(200007)30:7<1948::AID-IMMU1948>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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