Term Details for "positive thymic T cell selection" (GO:0045059) (original) (raw)

Accession

GO:0045059

Name

positive thymic T cell selection

Ontology

biological_process

Synonyms

positive thymic T lymphocyte selection, positive thymic T-cell selection, positive thymic T-lymphocyte selection

Alternate IDs

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Definition

The process of sparing immature T cells in the thymus which react with self-MHC protein complexes with low affinity levels from apoptotic death.Source: ISBN:0781735149,PMID:12414722

Comment

None

History

See term history for GO:0045059 at QuickGO

Chem. react.

None

Subset

None

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