A quantitative theory of affinity-driven T cell repertoire selection

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 200, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 389-403

  Detours, Vincent ^a,b,c   Mehr, Ramit ^d   Perelson, Alan S ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR NONLINEAR STUDIES   (United States)

^c SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS;

EID: 0033592574     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1999.1003     Document Type: Article

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