T Cell-Positive Selection Uses Self-Ligand Binding Strength to Optimize Repertoire Recognition of Foreign Antigens

Immunity

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 263-274

  Mandl, Judith N ^a,b   Monteiro, João P ^a,b   Vrisekoop, Nienke ^a,b   Germain, Ronald N ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CELL INTERACTION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIGAND BINDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; AGING; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, CD4; ANTIGENS, CD5; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; AUTOANTIGENS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HUMANS; HYBRIDOMAS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS VIRUS; MICE; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; SELECTION, GENETIC; SPLEEN; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 84874244135     PISSN: 10747613     EISSN: 10974180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2012.09.011     Document Type: Article

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