Table 1.

Frequency of T-cell receptor Vβ family usage by cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) lines during culture

	CTL lines (%)
Vβ families	2	3	4	5	7	8	12	13	Average (%)
Vβ-1	75	33	57	57	80	71	60	25	57
Vβ-2	100	100	100	71	78	71	100	75	87
Vβ-3	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Vβ-4	75	66	100	83	100	86	100	75	86
Vβ-5	50	100	100	71	80	100	100	75	85
Vβ-6	75	66	100	57	100	86	80	100	83
Vβ-7	75	33	50	100	67	71	80	100	72
Vβ-8	75	33	100	86	90	71	80	75	76
Vβ-9	100	100	86	86	100	86	80	100	92
Vβ-11	100	66	29	43	60	57	40	50	48
Vβ-12	100	100	100	29	70	100	100	100	87
Vβ-13	75	66	100	57	70	43	60	100	71
Vβ-14	75	33	100	57	80	57	100	33	67
Vβ-15	75	100	71	57	90	86	80	33	74
Vβ-16	100	33	57	86	90	57	100	50	60
Vβ-17	75	66	57	100	70	86	60	75	61
Vβ-18	25	0	14	17	60	43	20	50	29
Vβ-20	100	0	0	0	70	29	60	100	45
Vβ-21	100	66	100	40	80	100	100	100	86
Vβ-22	100	66	83	83	89	86	100	100	88
Vβ-23	50	66	86	86	78	43	80	50	67
Vβ-24	100	33	43	66	78	29	40	50	55
Vβ-25	25	0	0	66	20	0	20	0	16

100% indicates that a particular Vβ family was used by a CTL at all stimulation points analysed and 50% denotes a Vβ family usage at half of the time-points analysed.