Composition and function of T-cell receptor and B-cell receptor complexes on precursor lymphocytes

Current Opinion in Immunology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 181-190

  Borst, Jannie ^a   Jacobs, Heinz ^b   Brouns, Gaby ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN;

B LYMPHOCYTE; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTE MEMBRANE; PROLYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, B-CELL; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 0029947128     PISSN: 09527915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-7915(96)80056-2     Document Type: Article

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