CD4/CD8-lineage differentiation in the thymus: From nuclear effectors to membrane signals

Nature Reviews Immunology

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 529-540

  Bosselut, Rémy ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOTOXICITY; GENE; GENE SILENCING; IMMUNOGENETICS; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS;

EID: 3142769748     PISSN: 14741733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nri1392     Document Type: Review

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