Somatic generation of antigen-receptor diversity: A reprise

Trends in Immunology

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 608-612

  Livák, Ferenc ^a   Petrie, Howard T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Weill Cornell Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR;

GENE; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY DIVERSITY; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; GENES, T-CELL RECEPTOR BETA; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 0035500156     PISSN: 14714906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1471-4906(01)02054-3     Document Type: Review

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