… hypervariable (nonconserved) regions, according to the precedent … -chain variable regions
appear to diverge between species much more rapidly than immunoglobulin variable regions, …

… 22 human nucleotide sequences encoding the variable region of the TcR '6 chain have
been analyzed in this study (Figs. 1 and 2). Three appear to be the result of incomplete …

… light chains. The similarity of the T-cell β-chain gene system to the immunoglobulin
genes has been further demonstrated by the recent observation of variable- and constant-region …

… T-cell receptor E-chain variable region (Vp) gene segment sequences… chain and light chain
variable region (VH and VL) repertoires. Variability plots comparing these human Vp regions …

… of the human T cell receptor α and β chain variable region genes in thymocytes … p chain
cDNA provided primary structural evidence for the existence of variable and constant regions …

… of the number of expressed germline V β genes to be 18 with an … β-chain diversity appears
to be generated from a limited V β gene pool primarily by extensive variability at the variable…

… a y-chain gene probe" and a set of three y-chain variable (V) … to be confined to VJ (joining)
regions". In contrast, human T-… to the two y-chain constant (C) region genes". Here we report …

… The use of variability plots on the assumption that the1 chains are a single population … the
variable region. Most of the variability in the expressed 13 chains would be created by variable-…

… determined by a combination of the variable elements of o- and ß-chains of the TCR"". …
bearing particular variable-region ß-chain (VB) elements irrespective of the other variable com…

… n-chain repertoire and contrast this variability to the known murine ,B-chain repertoire, 15
independent complementary DNA (cDNA) clones containing TCR ,B-chain variable region (Vp…