title: Generation of the alpha beta T-cell repertoire.
abstract: The sequence of events leading to a diverse and competent alpha beta T-cell repertoire has been known in outline form for some time. Details continue to be sketched in, however, and some of these suggest previously unsuspected influences on repertoire content.
authors.affiliation: CNRS, l'INSERM Institut de Chimie Biologique, Strasbourg, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Benoist
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mathis
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015321:Gene Rearrangement; D006801:Humans; D016131:Lymphocyte Subsets / Q000276:immunology; D016693:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D016693:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta