A putative 12 transmembrane domain cotransporter expressed in thymic cortical epithelial cells

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 164, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 3185-3192

  Kim, Moon Gyo ^a,b   Flomerfelt, Francis A ^a   Lee, Kee Nyung ^a,c   Chen, Chuan ^a   Schwartz, Ronald H ^a,d  

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

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)   (South Korea)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS;

EID: 0343384417     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.164.6.3185     Document Type: Article

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