Specificity and degeneracy of T cells

Molecular Immunology

Volumn 40, Issue 14-15, 2004, Pages 1047-1055

  Wilson, Darcy B ^a   Wilson, Dianne H ^a   Schroder, Kim ^a   Pinilla, Clemencia ^a   Blondelle, Sylvie ^a   Houghten, Richard A ^a   Garcia, K Christopher ^b  

^a TORREY PINES INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR STUDIES   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

T cell degeneracy; T cells; TCR pMHC

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; PEPTIDE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; VACCINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BINDING AFFINITY; CANCER; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY; CROSS REACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

EID: 1242270588     PISSN: 01615890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2003.11.022     Document Type: Article

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