Self-tolerance: Context dependent tuning of T cell antigen recognition

Seminars in Immunology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 197-203

  Grossman, Zvi ^a,b,c   Paul, William E ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Activation; Context sensitivity; Feedback; Selection; Tuning

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; AUTOIMMUNITY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0034210015     PISSN: 10445323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/smim.2000.0232     Document Type: Article

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