IL-7 Receptor and VDJ recombination: Trophic versus mechanistic actions

Immunity

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 501-508

  Candéias, Serge ^a   Muegge, Kathrin ^a   Durum, Scott K ^b  

^a SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 7;

BONE MARROW; DEVELOPMENT; GENE REARRANGEMENT; LYMPHOPOIESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THYMUS;

EID: 0343812092     PISSN: 10747613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-7613(00)80338-6     Document Type: Review

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