Structural and functional evolution of the extracellular regions of T cell receptors

Seminars in Immunology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1994, Pages 361-372

  Hein, W R ^a  

^a BASEL INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antigen receptors; Divergent evolution; Mhc capture

Indexed keywords

LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T CELL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0028716207     PISSN: 10445323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/smim.1994.1046     Document Type: Article

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