Anergy in self-directed B lymphocytes from a statistical mechanics perspective
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Elena Agliari, 2 Adriano Barra, Gino Del Ferraro, Francesco Guerra, 5 and Daniele Tantari Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Parma, viale G. Usberti 7, 43100 Parma, Italy INFN, Gruppo Collegato di Parma, viale G. Usberti 7, 43100 Parma, Italy Dipartimento di Fisica, Sapienza Università di Roma, Piazzale Aldo Moro 2, 00185, Roma, Italy Department of Computational Biology, Royal Institute of Technology, SE-100 44, Stockholm, Sweden INFN, Gruppo di Roma, Piazzale Aldo Moro 2, 00185, Roma, Italy Dipartimento di Matematica, Sapienza Università di Roma, Piazzale Aldo Moro 2, 00185, Roma, Italy (Dated: May 5, 2014)
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