Severe defect in thymic development in an insertional mutant mouse model

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 178, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 5018-5027

  Assarsson, Erika ^a,b   Chambers, Benedict J ^a   Högstrand, Kari ^a   Berntman, Emma ^c   Lundmark, Carin ^a   Fedorova, Ludmila ^d   Imreh, Stefan ^d   Grandien, Alf ^a   Cardell, Susanna ^e   Rozell, Björn ^a   Ljunggren, Hans Gustaf ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LA JOLLA INSTITUTE FOR ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY   (United States)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NATURAL KILLER CELL RECEPTOR; NATURAL KILLER CELL RECEPTOR NK1.1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMOSOME 2; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE MAPPING; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 34247135522     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.178.8.5018     Document Type: Article

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