title: Positive selection of TcR alpha beta thymocytes: is cortical thymic epithelium an obligatory participant in the presentation of major histocompatibility complex protein?
authors.affiliation: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, National Jewish Center for Immunology and Respiratory Medicine, Denver, Colorado 80206.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hugo
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Kappler
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Marrack
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D015704:CD4 Antigens; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000502:physiology; D017690:Cell Transplantation; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004847:Epithelial Cells; D004848:Epithelium / Q000502:physiology / Q000637:transplantation; D008285:Major Histocompatibility Complex / Q000502:physiology*; D051379:Mice; D008954:Models, Biological; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009924:Organ Culture Techniques; D016693:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta / Q000502:physiology*; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000502:physiology*; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology; D014181:Transplantation Immunology
chemical_list: D015704:CD4 Antigens; D016693:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta