Antigen-receptor degeneracy and immunological paradigms

Molecular Immunology

Volumn 40, Issue 14-15, 2004, Pages 993-996

  Cohen, Irun R ^a   Hershberg, Uri ^b   Solomon, Sorin ^b  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Clonal selection; Cognitive paradigm; Degeneracy; Inflammation; Specificity; T cells; T cell receptor

Indexed keywords

LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; CLONE; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 1242270600     PISSN: 01615890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2003.11.020     Document Type: Article

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