Positive selection through a motif in the αβ T cell receptor

Science

Volumn 281, Issue 5378, 1998, Pages 835-838

  Bäckström, B Thomas ^a   Müller, Urs ^a   Hausmann, Barbara ^a   Palmer, Ed ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN;

ALPHA CHAIN; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; GENETIC SELECTION; LYMPH NODE CELL; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX RESTRICTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGEN-PRESENTING CELLS; ANTIGENS, CD3; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL LINEAGE; CELLS, CULTURED; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; LIGANDS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, NUDE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; RECEPTOR-CD3 COMPLEX, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; THYMUS GLAND;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0032493920     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.281.5378.835     Document Type: Article

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