T cell development in the thymus: From periodic seeding to constant output

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 249, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 384-394

  Cai, Anna Q ^a   Landman, Kerry A ^a   Hughes, Barry D ^a   Witt, Colleen M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Periodic oscillations; Proliferation; Thymocytes; Thymus

Indexed keywords

CELL ORGANELLE; DIFFERENTIATION; RODENT; SEEDING;

ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOUSE; MULTIPOTENT STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEADY STATE; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; MICE; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; STEM CELLS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 35449004536     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2007.07.028     Document Type: Article

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