Thymic emigration revisited

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 204, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2513-2520

  McCaughtry, Tom M ^a   Wilken, Matthew S ^a   Hogquist, Kristin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SELECTION; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER T CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; STEM CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD4; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL MOVEMENT; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MICE; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 35748979722     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: 00221007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20070601     Document Type: Article

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