Structural alterations in peptide-MHC recognition by self-reactive T cell receptors

Current Opinion in Immunology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 590-595

  Wucherpfennig, Kai W ^a,b   Call, Melissa J ^a   Deng, Lu ^c   Mariuzza, Roy ^c  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 2; HLA B44 ANTIGEN; HLA B8 ANTIGEN; HLA DR1 ANTIGEN; INSULIN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MELANOMA ANTIGEN; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; AUTOIMMUNITY; BACTERIAL IMMUNITY; COMPLEX FORMATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFLUENZA VIRUS; MELANOMA; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; TUMOR IMMUNITY; VIRUS IMMUNITY;

ANIMALS; AUTOANTIGENS; AUTOIMMUNITY; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS; HUMANS; LIGANDS; PEPTIDES; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL;

EID: 70449470318     PISSN: 09527915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coi.2009.07.008     Document Type: Review

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