Cell migration and the control of post-natal T-cell lymphopoiesis in the thymus

Nature Reviews Immunology

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 859-866

  Petrie, Howard T ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; BLOOD; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; LYMPHOPOIESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEM CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS;

EID: 0242636376     PISSN: 14741733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nri1223     Document Type: Review

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