The 450 kDa TCR complex has a stoichiometry of αβγε δεζζ

Scandinavian Journal of Immunology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 418-420

  Swamy, M ^a   Dopfer, E P ^a   Molnar, E ^a   Alarcon B ^b   Schamel, W W A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; DIGITONIN; DODECYLMALTOSIDE; MALTOSE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

GEL FILTRATION; LETTER; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOICHIOMETRY;

ANIMALS; DETERGENTS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 40849147264     PISSN: 03009475     EISSN: 13653083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3083.2008.02082.x     Document Type: Letter

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