Thymus cell-cell interactions

International Review of Cytology

Volumn 235, Issue , 2004, Pages 1-52

  Milićević, Novica M ^a   Milićević, Živana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Thymic development; Thymic lymphopoiesis; Thymic nonlymphocyte cells; Thymic organization; Thymocytes

Indexed keywords

CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TYPE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DENDRITIC CELL; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE CONTROL; GENE FUNCTION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERDIGITATING CELL; LYMPHOPOIESIS; MACROPHAGE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; THYMUS FUNCTION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 3042795665     PISSN: 00747696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0074-7696(04)35001-1     Document Type: Article

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