FIG. 6.
Relative frequency of short CDR3 peak lengths (351 to 357 bp) for the Vα2.3 gene segment from HLA-DR17(3), DQ2+ and HLA-DR17(3)−, DQ2− individuals. ∗, CDR3 peak percentage more than twice the percentage of the same-size peak in PHA-stimulated cultures. The relative frequency (percent) of each CDR3 size peak was calculated by dividing the area under each peak by the sum of the areas of all detected peaks.