Prion protein resides in membrane microclusters of the immunological synapse during lymphocyte activation

European Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 253-264

  Paar, Christian ^a   Wurm, Susanne ^a   Pfarr, Werner ^a   Sonnleitner, Alois ^a   Wechselberger, Christian ^a  

^a Upper Austrian Research GmbH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Ca^{2+< sup> signaling; Fluorescence microscopy; Immunological synapse; Lymphocytes; Microclusters; Prion protein; siRNA; T cell receptor}

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PRION PROTEIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LEUKEMIA CELL LINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

EID: 34247323549     PISSN: 01719335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcb.2007.03.001     Document Type: Article

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