The magnitude of thymic output is genetically determined through controlled intrathymic precursor T cell proliferation

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 181, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 7818-7824

  Dulude, Gaël ^a   Cheynier, Remi ^d   Gauchat, Dominique ^a   Abdallah, Ali ^a   Kettaf, Nadia ^a   Sékaly, Rafick Pierre ^a,b,c   Gratton, Sophie ^a,c  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DJ BETA T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR EXCISION CIRCLE; SIGNAL JOINT T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR EXCISION CIRCLE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR EXCISION CIRCLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MOUSE; FEMALE; GENETIC REGULATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRE T LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS;

EID: 71849084180     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.181.11.7818     Document Type: Article

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