Functional development of the T cell receptor for antigen

Progress in Molecular Biology and Translational Science

Volumn 92, Issue C, 2010, Pages 65-100

  Ebert, Peter J R ^a   Li, Qi Jing ^b   Huppa, Johannes B ^a   Davis, Mark M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Heterodimer; Immunological synapse; MHC; MicroRNA; Peptide; Positive selection; T cell receptor; Thymus

Indexed keywords

LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ARTICLE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGEN-PRESENTING CELLS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 77958127055     PISSN: 18771173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1877-1173(10)92004-8     Document Type: Chapter

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