TCR-MHC/peptide interactions: Kissing-cousins or a shotgun wedding?

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1243-1250

  Huseby, Eric ^a   Kappler, John ^a,b   Marrack, Philippa ^a,b  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Alloreactivity; MHC; Negative selection; Positive selection; T cell

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN; ANTIBODY; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; EVOLUTION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GERM LINE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LYMPHOCYTE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; ANIMAL; GENETICS; HISTORY; IMMUNOLOGY; NOTE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; CLONAL DELETION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL;

EID: 2942716814     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.200425000     Document Type: Article

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