Thymic selection revisited: How essential is it?

Immunological Reviews

Volumn 191, Issue , 2003, Pages 62-78

  Von Boehmer, Harald ^a   Aifantis, Iannis ^a   Gounari, Fotini ^a   Azogui, Orly ^b   Haughn, Loralee ^a   Apostolou, Irina ^a   Jaeckel, Elmar ^a   Grassi, Fabio ^a   Klein, Ludger ^a  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; LIGAND; NOTCH RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR DELTA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GAMMA CHAIN;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL LINEAGE; LYMPHOID ORGAN; MAMMAL; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; CLONAL DELETION; HUMANS; MICE; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0037304536     PISSN: 01052896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-065X.2003.00010.x     Document Type: Review

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