Estimating the diversity, completeness, and cross-reactivity of the T cell repertoire

Frontiers in Immunology

Volumn 4, Issue DEC, 2013, Pages

  Zarnitsyna, Veronika I ^a   Evavold, Brian D ^b   Schoettle, Louis N ^c   Blattman, Joseph N ^c   Antia, Rustom ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

T cell; Cross reactivity; Pathogen recognition; Precursor frequency; Repertoire

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CROSS REACTION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 84892161760     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16643224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2013.00485     Document Type: Article

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