The zebrafish: A new model of T-cell and thymic development

Nature Reviews Immunology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 307-317

  Langenau, David M ^a   Zon, Leonard I ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

BIRD; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; FISH; GENE MUTATION; GENE TARGETING; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPTILE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS; TRANSGENICS; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENES, REPORTER; MODELS, ANIMAL; MUTATION; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 17144367704     PISSN: 14741733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nri1590     Document Type: Review

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