The TCR/CD3 complex: Molecular interactions in a changing structure

Archivum Immunologiae et Therapiae Experimentalis

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 263-272

  Feito, Maria José ^a   Jiménez Periañez, Arturo ^b   Ojeda, Gloria ^b   Sánchez, Alejandra ^a   Portolés, Pilar ^b   Rojo, José M ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antigen recognition; CD3; T cell receptor

Indexed keywords

LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RECEPTOR-CD3 COMPLEX, ANTIGEN, T-CELL;

EID: 0040078161     PISSN: 0004069X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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