Coexistence of multivalent and monovalent TCRs explains high sensitivity and wide range of response

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 202, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 493-503

  Schamel, Wolfgang W A ^a,b   Arechaga, Ignacio ^a   Risueño, Ruth M ^a   Van Santen, Hisse M ^a   Cabezas, Pilar ^a   Risco, Cristina ^a   Valpuesta, José M ^a   Alarcón, Balbino ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOBIOLOGY AND EPIGENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN;

ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BETA CHAIN; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIGAND BINDING; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUBILIZATION; STOICHIOMETRY; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ANTIGENS; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, IMMUNOLOGIC; HUMANS; HYBRIDOMAS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; PEPTIDES; PHOSPHORYLATION; RABBITS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 23944469458     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20042155     Document Type: Article

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