T-cell-antigen recognition and the immunological synapse

Nature Reviews Immunology

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 973-983

  Huppa, Johannes B ^a   Davis, Mark M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRIN; CALCIUM; CD4 ANTIGEN; CYTOCHALASIN D; EZRIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN; MANNOSYL ALPHA 1,6 GLYCOPROTEIN ACETYL BETA 1,6 N GLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE 5; MOESIN; PEPTIDE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PHYCOERYTHRIN; RADIXIN; T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; BLEACHING; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CONTACT; CELL SELECTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURFACE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CYTOSKELETON; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DENDRITIC CELL; EFFECTOR CELL; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HYBRIDOMA; ILLUMINATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGICAL SYNAPSE; IN VIVO STUDY; LEUKEMIA CELL LINE; LIGAND BINDING; LIPID BILAYER; LYMPHOCYTE CLONE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOLECULAR SIZE; MOLECULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN IMMOBILIZATION; RAJI CELL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS;

EID: 0346244099     PISSN: 14741733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nri1245     Document Type: Review

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