The T cell antigen receptor: "The Hunting of the Snark"

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 37, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages

  Mak, Tak W ^a  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cloning; History; MHC; Peptide; TCR

Indexed keywords

B LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN; PATTERN RECOGNITION RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANTIGEN BINDING; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BINDING SITE; CHROMOSOME 12; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; INFECTION; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOLECULAR PROBE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPPRESSOR CELL; T CELL LEUKEMIA; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENES, T-CELL RECEPTOR; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MICE; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL;

EID: 36248947276     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.200737443     Document Type: Article

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