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SUBMITTER: Greene J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3972257 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Greene Joshua J Birtwistle Marc R MR Ignatowicz Leszek L Rempala Grzegorz A GA
Journal of theoretical biology 20130301
A major feature of an adaptive immune system is its ability to generate B- and T-cell clones capable of recognizing and neutralizing specific antigens. These clones recognize antigens with the help of the surface molecules, called antigen receptors, acquired individually during the clonal development process. In order to ensure a response to a broad range of antigens, the number of different receptor molecules is extremely large, resulting in a huge clonal diversity of both B- and T-cell recepto ...[more]