Mechanisms for T cell receptor triggering

Nature Reviews Immunology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 47-55

  Van Der Merwe, P Anton ^a   Dushek, Omer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANTIGEN BINDING; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; RECEPTOR BINDING; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGEN-PRESENTING CELLS; ANTIGENS, CD3; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MICE; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL;

EID: 78650599246     PISSN: 14741733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nri2887     Document Type: Review

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