Antagonist Peptide Selects Thymocytes Expressing a Class II Major Histocompatibility Complex–restricted T Cell Receptor into the CD8 Lineage

CD4/CD8 lineage decision is an important event during T cell maturation in the thymus. CD8 T cell differentiation usually requires corecognition of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I by the T cell receptor (TCR) and CD8, whereas CD4 T cells differentiate as a consequence of MHC class II...

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Main Authors: Volkmann, Ariane, Barthlott, Thomas, Weiss, Siegfried, Frank, Ronald, Stockinger, Brigitta
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: The Rockefeller University Press 1998
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2212535/