T-cell receptor repertoire in healthy Sardinian subjects

Human Immunology

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 689-695

  Bonfigli, Silvana ^a   Doro, Maria Grazia ^b   Fozza, Claudio ^a   Derudas, Daniele ^a   Dore, Fausto ^a   Longinotti, Maurizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

CDR3 spectratyping; Healthy subjects; TCR repertoire

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC STRAIN; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0037669366     PISSN: 01988859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0198-8859(03)00086-7     Document Type: Article

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