Molecular analysis of the complementarity determining region 3 of the human T cell receptor β chain. Establishment of a reference panel of CDR3 lengths from phytohaemagglutinin activated lymphocytes

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 223, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 207-216

  Mugnaini, Emiliano N ^a   Egeland, Thore ^a   Syversen, Anette M ^a   Spurkland, Anne ^a   Brinchmann, Jan E ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

CDR3 length analysis; PHA blasts; T cell receptor

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLAST CELL; CELL ISOLATION; COMPLEMENTARITY DETERMINING REGION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MONONUCLEAR CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ADULT; CLONE CELLS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RNA, MESSENGER; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS;

EID: 0032985708     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1759(99)00004-6     Document Type: Article

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