Estimating T-cell repertoire diversity: limitations of classical estimators and a new approach
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- 19 August 2015
- journal article
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- Published by The Royal Society in Philosophical Transactions Of The Royal Society B-Biological Sciences
- Vol. 370 (1675) , 20140291
- https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2014.0291
Abstract
A highly diverse T-cell receptor (TCR) repertoire is a fundamental property of an effective immune system, and is associated with efficient control of viral infections and other pathogens. However,...Keywords
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