T cell immunodominance is dictated by the positively selecting self-peptide

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Volumn 2014, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Lo, Wan Lin ^a   Solomon, Benjamin D ^a   Donermeyer, David L ^a   Hsieh, Chyi Song ^a   Allen, Paul M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 84892621959     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2050084X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.01457.001     Document Type: Article

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