Thymocytes can become mature T cells without passing through the CD4+ CD8+, double-positive stage.

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T cells bearing the class II-restricted, DO-T cell receptor (TCR) are CD4+ if their thymocyte precursors are positively selected on the class II protein, IAd, but they are almost all CD4- after positive selection on a class II for which they have higher avidity, IAb. DO-TCR+ T cells mature in H-2b mice lacking CD4. CD4- DO-TCR+ T cells appear in H-2b mice at the same rate as their CD4+ counterparts appear in H-2d...

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