The TCR/CD3 complex: Opening the gate to successful vaccination

Current Pharmaceutical Design

Volumn 15, Issue 28, 2009, Pages 3290-3300

  Portolés, Pilar ^a   Rojo, Jose M ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

CD247; CD3; T cell antigen receptor; TCR; Vaccines

Indexed keywords

CD247 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR CD3 ANTIGEN COMPLEX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; DIMERIZATION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STOICHIOMETRY; VACCINATION;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; RECEPTOR-CD3 COMPLEX, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACCINATION; VACCINES;

EID: 70449389604     PISSN: 13816128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138161209789105199     Document Type: Review

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