Regulation of thymocyte development from immature progenitors

Current Opinion in Immunology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 215-224

  Zúñiga Pflücker, Juan Carlos ^a   Lenardo, Michael J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN;

GENE REARRANGEMENT; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; IMMUNOGENETICS; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; REVIEW; STEM CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS;

EID: 0343289090     PISSN: 09527915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-7915(96)80060-4     Document Type: Article

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