T-cell signaling: The importance of receptor clustering

Current Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 1997, Pages

  Germain, Ronald N ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

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EID: 0031260598     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(06)00323-x     Document Type: Review

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