Models and methods for analysis of lymphocyte repertoire generation, development, selection and evolution

Immunology Letters

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 11-22

  Mehr, Ramit ^a   Sternberg Simon, Michal ^a   Michaeli, Miri ^a   Pickman, Yishai ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

B cell receptor; Computer simulations; High throughput sequencing; Immunoglobulin; Lymphocyte repertoires; Mathematical models; Natural killer cell; T cell receptor

Indexed keywords

B LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL GROWTH; CELL MATURATION; CELL SELECTION; CELL SIZE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HAPLOTYPE; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOMATIC HYPERMUTATION; T LYMPHOCYTE; VDJ RECOMBINATION;

CLONAL EVOLUTION; CLONAL SELECTION, ANTIGEN-MEDIATED; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINES;

EID: 84865412764     PISSN: 01652478     EISSN: 18790542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.imlet.2012.08.002     Document Type: Review

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