TCR-mediated recognition of glycolipid CD1 complexes

Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 314, Issue , 2007, Pages 165-193

  Sullivan, B A ^a   Kronenberg, M ^a  

^a LA JOLLA INSTITUTE FOR ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD1 ANTIGEN; CD1D ANTIGEN; GLYCOLIPID; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR;

ALPHA CHAIN; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; BETA CHAIN; CELL SELECTION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; NATURAL KILLER T CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD1; GLYCOLIPIDS; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MICE; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 34447632028     PISSN: 0070217X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-69511-0_7     Document Type: Review

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