Divergent changes in the sensitivity of maturing T cells to structurally related ligands underlies formation of a useful T cell repertoire

Immunity

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 367-376

  Lucas, Bruno ^a   Štefanová, Irena ^b   Yasutomo, Koji ^b   Dautigny, Nicole ^a   Germain, Ronald N ^b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD69 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; LIGAND; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ENZYME INDUCTION; GENE ACTIVATION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RECEPTOR SENSITIVITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; THYMOCYTE;

EID: 0033103008     PISSN: 10747613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-7613(00)80036-9     Document Type: Article

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