Deriving quantitative constraints on T cell selection from data on the mature T cell repertoire

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 121-128

  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

ALLOIMMUNITY; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CELL SELECTION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX RESTRICTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS;

EID: 0033981410     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.164.1.121     Document Type: Article

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