Peptide-MHC class II complex stability governs CD4 T cell clonal selection

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 184, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 573-581

  Baumgartner, Christina K ^a   Ferrante, Andrea ^a   Nagaoka, Mika ^a   Gorski, Jack ^a   Malherbe, Laurent P ^a  

^a BLOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; PEPTIDE;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL COMPOSITION; CELL SELECTION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLONAL VARIATION; CLONOGENESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HALF LIFE TIME; IMMUNIZATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STABILITY; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL CLONE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MUTATION;

ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNITY; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CLONE CELLS; HALF-LIFE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; IMMUNIZATION; MICE; MUTATION; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN STABILITY;

EID: 76249124400     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0902107     Document Type: Article

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