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Eli E Sercarz1, Emanual Maverakis.
Abstract
Degeneracy in the immune system not only refers to the recognition by its specific receptors, but also at the level of functional degeneracy of reactivity by its lymphocytes. Features of the immune system such as dominance and competition occur at each of these two levels. Another characteristic of the immune system as a fuzzy system, is its continuum of states, where difficult choices lead to the emergence of unpredictable phenotypes.Mesh：
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Year: 2004 PMID： 15036903 DOI： 10.1016/j.molimm.2003.11.002
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Mol Immunol ISSN： 0161-5890 Impact factor: 4.407