Quantitative analysis of the T cell repertoire selected by a single peptide-major histocompatibility complex

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 187, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1871-1883

  Gapin, Laurent ^a,d   Fukui, Yoshinori ^b   Kanellopoulos, Jean ^a   Sano, Tetsuro ^b   Casrouge, Armanda ^a   Malier, Vanessa ^a   Beaudoing, Emmanuel ^c   Gautheret, Daniel ^c   Claverie, Jean Michel ^c   Sasazuki, Takehiko ^b   Kourilsky, Philippe ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c CNRS Aix Marseille University   (France)

^d LA JOLLA INSTITUTE FOR ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Major histocompatibility complex; Repertoire development; T cell receptors; Thymus; Transgenic knockout

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; GENE REARRANGEMENT; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; GENE REARRANGEMENT, T-LYMPHOCYTE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; IMMUNOGLOBULIN JOINING REGION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PEPTIDES; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 17644440779     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.187.11.1871     Document Type: Article

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