Antigen receptor selection by editing or downregulation of V(D)J recombination

Current Opinion in Immunology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 182-189

  Nemazee, David ^a   Hogquist, Kristin A ^b  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR;

ALLELIC EXCLUSION; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL MATURATION; DIVERSITY GENE SEGMENT; GENE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; JOINING GENE SEGMENT; LYMPHOCYTE; NONHUMAN; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; RECEPTOR SENSITIVITY; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; VARIABLE GENE SEGMENT;

EID: 0037375554     PISSN: 09527915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-7915(03)00008-6     Document Type: Review

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