title: T-cell repertoire: political correctness in the immune system.
abstract: Recent studies of T-cell development in various types of mutant mouse shed new light on the relative roles in T-cell selection of antigen versus MHC molecule recognition by T-cell receptors.
authors.affiliation: Lymphocyte Biology Section, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-1892, USA.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lucas
authors.forename: R N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Germain
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015496:CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D000949:Histocompatibility Antigens Class II / Q000276:immunology*; D008285:Major Histocompatibility Complex; D018448:Models, Immunological; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell / Q000276:immunology*; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000949:Histocompatibility Antigens Class II; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell