Thymocyte subpopulation enriched for progenitors with an unrearranged T-cell receptor beta-chain gene.

doi:10.1038/315666a0

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Thymocyte subpopulation enriched for progenitors with an unrearranged T-cell receptor beta-chain gene.

Nature - 1 Jan 2000

Trowbridge I S, Lesley J, Trotter J, Hyman R

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The development of T cells within the thymus is not well understood. It is known that thymocytes are derived from a progenitor cell in the bone marrow, the prothymocyte, and that cells in the subcapsular area of the thymus can give rise to progeny in both the cortex and the medulla. However, it i...

Topics

Animals
Cell Separation
Genes
Mice
Phenotype
Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell
Receptors, Immunologic
Stem Cells
T-Lymphocytes

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