Comparison of CDR3 length among thymocyte subpopulations: Impacts of MHC and BV segment on the CDR3 shortening

Molecular Immunology

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2378-2387

  Matsutani, Takaji ^a   Ohmori, Takehiko ^a   Ogata, Masaki ^a   Soga, Hiroyuki ^a   Kasahara, Shigeru ^a   Yoshioka, Takeshi ^b   Suzuki, Ryuji ^c   Itoh, Tsunetoshi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SHIONOGI AND CO LTD   (Japan)

^c SAGAMIHARA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Repertoire development; T cells; T cell receptors; Thymus

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; LIGAND; PEPTIDE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN BINDING; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CELL POPULATION; CELL SELECTION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; COMPLEMENTARITY DETERMINING REGION; COMPLEMENTARITY DETERMINING REGION 3; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAPLOTYPE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN STRUCTURE; LIGAND BINDING; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL PROTEOMICS; THYMOCYTE;

ANIMALS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; COMPLEMENTARITY DETERMINING REGIONS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; THYMUS GLAND;

MUS;

EID: 33846186870     PISSN: 01615890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2006.10.026     Document Type: Article

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