Self-renewal of thymocytes in the absence of competitive precursor replenishment

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 209, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1397-1400

  Boehm, Thomas ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOBIOLOGY AND EPIGENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL RENEWAL; CLONE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HOST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS GRAFT;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HUMANS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMOCYTES;

EID: 84866445717     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: 15409538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20121412     Document Type: Short Survey

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