Hematopoietic progenitor migration to the adult thymus

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1217, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 122-138

  Zlotoff, Daniel A ^a   Bhandoola, Avinash ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone marrow; Hematopoesis; Hematopoietic stem cells; T cells, progenitor; Thymus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; CELL MIGRATION; HEMATOPOIESIS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE HOMING; LYMPHOID PROGENITOR CELL; LYMPHOPOIESIS; NONHUMAN; PRE T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS;

EID: 79251575880     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2010.05881.x     Document Type: Article

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