TCRβ allelic exclusion in dynamical models of V(D)J recombination based on allele independence

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 185, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1622-1632

  Farcot, Etienne ^a,c   Bonnet, Marie ^b   Jaeger, Sébastien ^b   Spicuglia, Salvatore ^b   Fernandez, Bastien ^a   Ferrier, Pierre ^b,d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c INRIA   (France)

^d CENTRE D IMMUNOLOGIE DE MARSEILLE LUMINY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR;

ALLELE; ALLELIC EXCLUSION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; MOUSE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; VDJ EXON; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETICS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN STRUCTURE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOUSE MUTANT; PROBABILITY; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY DIVERSITY; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; GENE REARRANGEMENT, T-LYMPHOCYTE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN JOINING REGION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; MARKOV CHAINS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS;

EID: 77956396421     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0904182     Document Type: Article

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