Quantitation of T-cell receptor frequencies by competitive PCR: Generation and evaluation of novel TCR subfamily and clone specific competitors

Journal of Immunotherapy

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 93-102

  McKee, Mark D ^a   Clay, Timothy M ^a   Rosenberg, Steven A ^a   Nishimura, Michael I ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Competitive PCR; CTL clone; T cell receptor; Tumor infiltrating lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INFECTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; T LYMPHOCYTE; TUMOR ASSOCIATED LEUKOCYTE; VACCINATION;

CELL LINE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES, TUMOR-INFILTRATING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RNA, MESSENGER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032976103     PISSN: 15249557     EISSN: 15374513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002371-199903000-00001     Document Type: Article

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