The T cell receptor's α-chain connecting peptide motif promotes close approximation of the CD8 coreceptor allowing efficient signal initiation

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 180, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 8211-8221

  Mallaun, Michel ^a   Naeher, Dieter ^a   Daniels, Mark A ^a,d   Yachi, Pia P ^c   Hausmann, Barbara ^a   Luescher, Immanuel F ^b   Gascoigne, Nicholas R J ^c   Palmer, Ed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN, ALPHA CHAIN; CD8ALPHABETA ANTIGEN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MOTIF; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; HYBRIDOMA; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUE; PHYSIOLOGY; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD8; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; HUMANS; HYBRIDOMAS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS;

EID: 50949128353     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.180.12.8211     Document Type: Article

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