Highly biased CDR3 usage in restricted sets of β chain variable regions during viral superantigen 9 response

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 187, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 253-258

  Ciurli, Cristina ^a,b   Posnett, David N ^c   Sékaly, Rafick Pierre ^a,b,d   Denis, François ^a  

^a Rehabilitation Institute of Montreal   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c Weill Cornell Medical Center   (United States)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUPERANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANTIGEN BINDING; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOUSE MAMMARY TUMOR ONCOVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CELL LINE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MAMMARY TUMOR VIRUS, MOUSE; MICE; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; SUPERANTIGENS; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS;

EID: 0031985050     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.187.2.253     Document Type: Article

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