Allelic inclusion of T cell receptor α genes poses an autoimmune hazard due to low-level expression of autospecific receptors

Immunity

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 563-570

  Sarukhan, Adelaida ^a   Garcia, Corinne ^a   Lanoue, Astrid ^a   Von Boehmer, Harald ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0032076047     PISSN: 10747613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-7613(00)80561-0     Document Type: Article

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