When three negatives made a positive influence in defining four early steps in T cell development

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 189, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 4201-4202

  Zúñiga Pflücker, Juan Carlos ^a  

^a Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD24 ANTIGEN; CD27 ANTIGEN; CD28 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; HERMES ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN; THY 1 ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; CELL MATURATION; CELL SELECTION; CELL SIZE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMOCYTE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD3; ANTIGENS, CD44; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; INTERLEUKIN-2 RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT; MALE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS;

EID: 84867905571     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1202553     Document Type: Review

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