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Human adaptive immune receptor repertoire analysis-Past, present, and future.
Immunological reviews - 1 Jul 2018
Nielsen Sandra C A, Boyd Scott D
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The genes encoding adaptive immune antigen receptors, namely the immunoglobulins expressed in membrane-bound or secreted forms by B cells, and the cell surface T cell receptors, are unique in human biology because they are generated by combinatorial rearrangement of the genomic DNA. The diversity of receptors so generated in populations of lymphocytes enables the human immune system to recognize antigens...
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