Formation of TCR dimers/trimers as a crucial step for T cell activation

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2571-2579

  Bachmann, Martin F ^a,c   Salzmann, Michael ^a   Oxenius, Annette ^b   Ohashi, Pamela S ^a  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c BASEL INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Mathematical model; T cell; TCR oligomerization; Virus

Indexed keywords

DIMER; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN; PEPTIDE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; INTERNALIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; DIMERIZATION; DOWN-REGULATION; KINETICS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS VIRUS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; T-LYMPHOCYTES; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 0031927668     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-4141(199808)28:08<2571::AID-IMMU2571>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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