To be or not to be a pro-T?

Current Opinion in Immunology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 159-165

  Di Santo, James P ^a   Radtke, Freddy ^b   Rodewald, Hans Reimer ^c  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE RECEPTOR; GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; NOTCH RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

DENDRITIC CELL; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOPOIESIS; PROLYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0034010697     PISSN: 09527915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-7915(99)00066-7     Document Type: Review

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