The immunological synapse, TCR microclusters, and T cell activation

Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 340, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 81-107

  Yokosuka, Tadashi ^a   Saito, Takashi ^b  

^a RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTOR PROTEIN; B7 ANTIGEN; CD28 ANTIGEN; DIMER; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION ASSOCIATED ANTIGEN 1; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN KINASE C THETA; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR;

ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL POLARITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DENDRITIC CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL SYNAPSE; IMMUNOREGULATION; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; LIPID RAFT; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RECEPTOR BINDING; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; ANIMAL; CELL MEMBRANE; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGEN-PRESENTING CELLS; CELL POLARITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGICAL SYNAPSES; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MEMBRANE MICRODOMAINS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 77950881648     PISSN: 0070217X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-03858-7_5     Document Type: Review

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