High-sequence diversity and structural conservation in the human T-cell receptor β junctional region during thymic development

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2185-2193

  Tuulasvaara, Anni ^a   Baussand, Julie ^b   Laine, Pia ^c   Paulin, Lars ^c   Salminen, Jukka ^d   Auvinen, Petri ^c   Gorochov, Guy ^b,e,f   Arstila, T Petteri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^f PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

T cells; TCR; Thymic selection

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN;

ARTICLE; CD3+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DEATH; CELL ISOLATION; CELL SELECTION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CHILD; COMPLEMENTARITY DETERMINING REGION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MALE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS;

T CELLS; TCR; THYMIC SELECTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELLS, CULTURED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPLEMENTARITY DETERMINING REGIONS; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT, BETA-CHAIN T-CELL ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 84881529076     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: 15214141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.201343360     Document Type: Article

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