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Nature Immunology  6, 126 - 128 (2005)
doi:10.1038/ni0205-126


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STOP! In the name of positive selection

Michael D Cahalan

Michael D. Cahalan is in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of California, Irvine, California 92697-4561, USA. mcahalan@uci.edu

Calcium signaling is essential during thymocyte development. It seems that calcium oscillations trigger thymocytes to become immotile, prolonging interactions with stromal cells that are critical for positive selection.

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