Processing and presentation of endocytically acquired protein antigens by MHC class II and class I molecules

Immunological Reviews

Volumn , Issue 151, 1996, Pages 5-30

  Germain, Ronald N ^a   Castellino, Flora ^a   Han, Ricai ^a   Reis E Sousa, Caetano ^a   Romagnoli, Paola ^a   Sadegh Nasseri, Scheherazade ^a   Zhong, Guang Ming ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; CALNEXIN; DIMER; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; B LYMPHOBLAST; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL MEMBRANE; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENDOSOME; EXON; GOLGI COMPLEX; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LYSOSOME; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ENDOCYTOSIS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HUMANS; PROTEINS;

EID: 0029658576     PISSN: 01052896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-065x.1996.tb00701.x     Document Type: Review

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