Positive and negative selection in Basel

Nature Immunology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 571-573

  von Boehmer, Harald ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; CELL LINEAGE; CELL SELECTION; GENE MUTATION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOMODULATION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T CELL DEPLETION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLONAL DELETION; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; SELF TOLERANCE; SWITZERLAND; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 44049087150     PISSN: 15292908     EISSN: 15292916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ni0608-571     Document Type: Article

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