Quantitative assessment of the human TCRBV repertoire by competitive PCR

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 194, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 155-168

  Uhrberg, Markus ^a   Wernet, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

competitive polymerase chain reaction; T cell receptor; TCRBV gene

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

EID: 0030583227     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-1759(96)00082-8     Document Type: Article

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