New insights into the proliferation and differentiation of early mouse thymocytes

International Immunology

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1069-1080

  Laurent, Julien ^a   Bosco, Nabil ^a   Marche, Patrice N ^a   Ceredig, Rhodri ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Proliferation; T lymphocytes; Thymus; Transgenic knockout

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD44V ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIBODY; RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; RECOMBINASE; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CHEMICAL LABELING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NONHUMAN; ORGAN SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STAINING; STEM CELL; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENES, T-CELL RECEPTOR ALPHA; GENES, T-CELL RECEPTOR BETA; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 4344717287     PISSN: 09538178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intimm/dxh108     Document Type: Article

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