A T cell receptor-specific blockade of positive selection

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 13-23

  Baldwin, Kristin K ^a,e   Reay, Philip A ^c   Wu, Lawren ^a   Farr, Andrew ^b   Davis, Mark M ^a,d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

CD4+ T cell; Monoclonal antibodies; Peptides; Thymic selection; Thymocyte

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CYTOCHROME C; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PEPTIDE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITOPE MAPPING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CYTOCHROME C GROUP; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSECT PROTEINS; LYMPH NODES; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; SPLEEN; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0033521599     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.189.1.13     Document Type: Article

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