Article
Allelic exclusion of TCR α-chains upon severe restriction of Vα repertoire.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Rybakin Vasily, Westernberg Luise, Fu Guo, Kim Hee-Ok, Ampudia Jeanette, Sauer Karsten, Gascoigne Nicholas R J
Abstract excerpt
Development of thymocytes through the positive selection checkpoint requires the rearrangement and expression of a suitable T cell receptor (TCR) α-chain that can pair with the already-expressed β-chain to make a TCR that is selectable. That is, it must have sufficient affinity for self MHC-peptide to induce the signals required for differentiation, but not too strong so as to induce cell death. Because both...
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