TCR triggering by the pMHC complex: Valency, affinity, and dynamics

Science Signaling

Volumn 1, Issue 19, 2008, Pages

  Varma, Rajat ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DIMERIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; METABOLISM; PROTEIN BINDING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; DIMERIZATION; HUMANS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 48849110994     PISSN: 19450877     EISSN: 19379145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/stke.119pe21     Document Type: Review

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