Opinion: Co-evolution of a primordial peptide-presentation system and cellular immunity

Nature Reviews Immunology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 79-84

  Boehm, Thomas ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGAND; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; PEPTIDE;

B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL MATURATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; EVALUATION; GENE CONVERSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SWITCHING; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LYMPHOCYTE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SEXUAL SELECTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; VERTEBRATE; ANIMAL; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; PEPTIDES;

EID: 33244473029     PISSN: 14741733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nri1749     Document Type: Review

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