Receptor selection in B and T lymphocytes

Annual Review of Immunology

Volumn 18, Issue , 2000, Pages 19-51

  Nemazee, David ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene rearrangement; Immune tolerance; Immunoglobulin genes; Receptor editing; T cell receptor

Indexed keywords

B LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ALLELE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CLONAL ANERGY; GENE LOCUS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR INTRINSIC ACTIVITY; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; GENE REARRANGEMENT, B-LYMPHOCYTE; GENE REARRANGEMENT, T-LYMPHOCYTE; HUMANS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, B-CELL; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0034045874     PISSN: 07320582     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.immunol.18.1.19     Document Type: Review

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