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SUBMITTER: Robins HS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3212437 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Robins Harlan S HS Srivastava Santosh K SK Campregher Paulo V PV Turtle Cameron J CJ Andriesen Jessica J Riddell Stanley R SR Carlson Christopher S CS Warren Edus H EH
Science translational medicine 20100901 47
Diversity in T lymphocyte antigen receptors is generated by somatic rearrangement of T cell receptor (TCR) genes and is concentrated within the third complementarity-determining region 3 (CDR3) of each chain of the TCR heterodimer. We sequenced the CDR3 regions from millions of rearranged TCR beta chain genes in naïve and memory CD8(+) T cells of seven adults. The CDR3 sequence repertoire realized in each individual is strongly biased toward specific V(beta)-J(beta) pair utilization, dominated b ...[more]