The effects of thymic selection on the range of T cell cross-reactivity

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 3452-3459

  Chao, Dennis L ^a   Davenport, Miles P ^b   Forrest, Stephanie ^c,d   Perelson, Alan S ^e  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c University of New Mexico   (United States)

^d SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational modeling; Cross reactivity; T cells; TCR; Thymic selection

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL SELECTION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS REACTION; LIGAND BINDING; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CLONAL DELETION; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CROSS-PRIMING; HUMANS; LIGANDS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 29744438009     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.200535098     Document Type: Article

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