Shortening of complementarity determining region 3 of the T cell receptor α chain during thymocyte development

Molecular Immunology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 623-629

  Matsutani, Takaji ^a   Ogata, Masaki ^a   Fujii, Yoshiki ^b,c   Kitaura, Kazutaka ^b,c   Nishimoto, Norihiro ^d   Suzuki, Ryuji ^b   Itoh, Tsunetoshi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^d WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

CDR; T cell receptor; T lymphocytes; Thymic selection

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CD4 CD8 RATIO; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL MATURATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM; COMPLEMENTARITY DETERMINING REGION; COMPLEMENTARITY DETERMINING REGION 3 ALPHA; COMPLEMENTARITY DETERMINING REGION 3 BETA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; COMPLEMENTARITY DETERMINING REGIONS; FEMALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

MUS;

EID: 78650618855     PISSN: 01615890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2010.11.003     Document Type: Article

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