The nature of molecular recognition by T cells

Nature Immunology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 217-224

  Davis, Simon J ^a   Ikemizu, Shinji ^c   Evans, Edward J ^a   Fugger, Lars ^b   Bakker, Talitha R ^d   van der Merwe, P Anton ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD2 ANTIGEN; CD28 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

COMPLEX FORMATION; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, CD2; ANTIGENS, CD28; ANTIGENS, CD4; ANTIGENS, CD8; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION; GLYCOSYLATION; IMMUNOCONJUGATES; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; PROTEIN BINDING; RATS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0037340388     PISSN: 15292908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ni0303-217     Document Type: Review

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