Receptor sensitivity: When T cells lose their sense of self

Current Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2003, Pages

  Hogquist, Kristin A ^a   Starr, Timothy K ^a   Jameson, Stephen C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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EID: 0037452921     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(03)00161-1     Document Type: Short Survey

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