Do T cells need endogenous peptides for activation?

Nature Reviews Immunology

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 895-900

  Gascoigne, Nicholas R J ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL STIMULATION; CELL SURFACE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CROSS LINKING; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL;

EID: 54949128959     PISSN: 14741733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nri2431     Document Type: Note

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