Table 4.

Contribution of β TRECs to V-DJβ real-time PCR signals

DNA Source	β TRECs as a % of Cβ2 signala	V-DJβ1 as a % of Cβ2 signalb	%TCR β germline remaining corrected for TRECs
Thymus 1	3.1	36	33
Thymus 2	3.0	46	43
Thymus 3	3.7	34	30
T cells 1	2.3	42	40
T cells 2	1.9	43	41
T cells 3	2.6	39	36
CD4 ISP 1	30	91	61
CD4 ISP 2	41	78	37

^a[(copies β TRECs)/(copies Cβ2)]–3.4–100.

^b[(copies V-DJβ1)/(copies Cβ2)]–100.