Fixed expression of single influenza virus-specific TCR chains demonstrates the capacity for TCR α- and β-chain diversity in the face of peptide-MHC class I specificity

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 194, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 898-910

  Clemens, E Bridie ^a   Doherty, Peter C ^a,b   La Gruta, Nicole L ^a   Turner, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; PEPTIDE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLUENZA VIRUS; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; MINOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR BINDING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOMYXOVIRUS INFECTION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EPITOPES, T-LYMPHOCYTE; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PEPTIDES; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; T-CELL ANTIGEN RECEPTOR SPECIFICITY; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS;

EID: 84921488845     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1401792     Document Type: Article

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