Although the nature of the precursor cells seeding the thymus is still uncertain, their immediate progeny in the adult murine thymus have now been isolated. These lymphoid-restricted, prothymocyte-like cells express CD4, but neither CD4 nor CD8 seem to be involved in the early steps of T-cell develo
Early T-cell development
β Scribed by Gutierrez-Ramos, Jose C.; Toribio, Maria Luisa; Martinez-A, Carlos
- Book ID
- 109782972
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 144 KB
- Volume
- 361
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0028-0836
- DOI
- 10.1038/361213a0
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