Modeling the meta-dynamics of lymphocyte repertoires

Archivum Immunologiae et Therapiae Experimentalis

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 111-120

  Mehr, Ramit ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Computer simulation; Lymphocyte development; Lymphocyte repertoires; Mathematical model

Indexed keywords

LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; B LYMPHOCYTE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE; MUTATION; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; GENE REARRANGEMENT, B-LYMPHOCYTE; GENE REARRANGEMENT, T-LYMPHOCYTE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, B-CELL; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0040752472     PISSN: 0004069X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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