The assembly of diverse immune receptors is focused on a polar membrane-embedded interaction site

PLoS Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 768-779

  Feng, Jianwen ^a,b   Call, Matthew E ^a,b   Wucherpfennig, Kai W ^a,b  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; DIMER; FC RECEPTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; KILLER CELL ACTIVATING RECEPTOR ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR; LEUCINE; LYSINE; NATURAL KILLER CELL RECEPTOR NKG2D; VALINE; FC(ALPHA) RECEPTOR; HCST PROTEIN, HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN RECEPTOR; KIR2DS2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NATURAL KILLER CELL ACTIVATING RECEPTORS; TYROBP PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEREOSPECIFICITY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRICITY; LEUKEMIA CELL LINE; METABOLISM; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; CELL MEMBRANE; ELECTROSTATICS; HUMANS; JURKAT CELLS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECEPTORS, FC; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 33646718143     PISSN: 15457885     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040142     Document Type: Article

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