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Methodology, Limitations and Uses of Antigen-binding Assays in the Analysis of T Cell Receptor-Antigen Interactions

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After over a decade of extensive research in many laboratories, two independent breakthroughs have recently led to the identification of the T cell receptor (TcR) genes and their products.

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Elliott, B.E., Palfree, R.G.E., Mundinger, S., Nagy, Z.A. (1988). Methodology, Limitations and Uses of Antigen-binding Assays in the Analysis of T Cell Receptor-Antigen Interactions. In: Pal, S.B. (eds) Reviews on Immunoassay Technology. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-10318-8_8

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