Limits to the Differential Avidity Model of T Cell Selection in the Thymus

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 159, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 4205-4211

  Girao, Cristina ^a   Hu, Qinghui ^a,b   Sun, Jiling ^a,b   Ashton Rickardt, Philip G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; PEPTIDE; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ARTICLE; C57BL MOUSE; GENETICS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS VIRUS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOUSE; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS VIRUS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PEPTIDES; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0031279131     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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