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Science 316 (5829): 1291-1292

Copyright © 2007 by the American Association for the Advancement of Science

IMMUNOLOGY:
The Cutting Edge of T Cell Selection

Michael J. Bevan

The selection of T cells requires their exposure to a repertoire of peptides generated by an organelle whose structure is thymus-specific.

The author is at the Department of Immunology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Washington, Box 357370, Seattle, WA 98195, USA. E-mail: mbevan{at}u.washington.edu

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J. Immunol. 180, 2299-2312
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