Selecting and maintaining a diverse T-cell repertoire

Nature

Volumn 402, Issue 6759, 1999, Pages 255-262

  Goldrath, Ananda W ^a   Bevan, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; CELL SELECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; AUTOANTIGENS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; LEUKOPOIESIS; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; SELF TOLERANCE; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0033581935     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/46218     Document Type: Review

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