Mechanisms of thymus organogenesis and morphogenesis

Development

Volumn 138, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 3865-3878

  Gordon, Julie ^a   Manley, Nancy R ^a  

^a University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Migration; Morphogenesis; Organogenesis; Parathyroid; T cell; Thymus

Indexed keywords

CELL MATURATION; CELL REGENERATION; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; CHIMERA; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MORPHOGENESIS; ORGANOGENESIS; QUAIL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THYMUS GLAND;

MUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 80051924092     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.059998     Document Type: Review

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