In the past year, significant technical developments have provided the opportunity to investigate the more mechanistic features of positive selection. Major progress has been made in determining the structure and function of the early pre-T cell receptor, in defining cell types that mediate positive
Positive selection of T cells: fastidious or promiscuous?
β Scribed by Christophe Benoist; Diane Mathis
- Book ID
- 104358762
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 444 KB
- Volume
- 9
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0952-7915
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