The connecting peptide domain of pTα dictates weak association of the pre-T cell receptor with the TCR ζ subunit

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 2187-2196

  Trop, Sébastien ^a,b   Steff, Ann Muriel ^a,c   Denis, François ^a,d   Wiest, David L ^f   Hugo, Patrice ^a,c,e  

^a CLIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN IMMUNOLOGY AND CANCER   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e PROCREA BioSciences   (Canada)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Biochemistry; Pre T cell receptor; Signal transduction; T lymphocyte; Thymocyte

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ZETA CHAIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM MOBILIZATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0033063685     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-4141(199907)29:07<2187::AID-IMMU2187>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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