mature dendritic epithelial T cell precursor
A thymocyte that has a T cell receptor consisting of a gamma chain that has as part a Vgamma3 segment, and a delta chain. This cell type is CD4-negative, CD8-negative and CD24-negative. This cell-type is found in the fetal thymus with highest numbers occurring at E17-E18. [ GOC:tfm http://www.immgen.org/index_content.html ]
Synonyms: mature DETC precursor, mature DEC precursor
Term info
NOTE: currently variable immune gene segments are not represented in the OBO Foundry. Cross-product definitions were not made as a result. Also, there are three different nomenclatures for the variable gamma segments.
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1980-3228
2010-10-07T02:05:46Z