Rare development of Foxp3+ thymocytes in the CD4 +CD8+ subset

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 183, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 2261-2266

  Lee, Hyang Mi ^a   Hsieh, Chyi Song ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FOXP3 PROTEIN, MOUSE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; CD4 CD8 RATIO; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL POPULATION; CHIMERA; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRECURSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; C57BL MOUSE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; REPORTER GENE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMUS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 70149124792     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0901304     Document Type: Article

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