The impact of a large and frequent deletion in the human TCR beta locus on antiviral immunity
Brennan, R.M., Petersen, J., Neller, M.A., Miles, J.J., Burrows, J.M., Smith, C., McCluskey, J., Khanna, R., Rossjohn, J., Burrows, S.R.(2012) J Immunol 188: 2742-2748
- PubMed: 22323539 
- DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1102675
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3VCL - PubMed Abstract: 
The TCR plays a critical role in recognizing intracellular pathogens and initiating pathways leading to the destruction of infected cells by the immune system. Although genetic variability is known to greatly impact on the human immune system and the outcome of infection, the influence of sequence variation leading to the inactivation or deletion of TCR gene segments is unknown ...