Signaling in thymic selection

Current Opinion in Immunology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 207-212

  Gascoigne, Nicholas RJ ^a   Palmer, Ed ^b  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD8ALPHA ANTIGEN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE LCK; PROTEIN KINASE ZAP 70; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; THYMOCYTE EXPRESSED MOLECULE INVOLVED IN SELECTION; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGEN BINDING; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; APOPTOSIS; BINDING AFFINITY; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CELL SELECTION; DOWN REGULATION; GENE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THEMIS GENE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; CELL LINEAGE; CYTOKINES; HUMANS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 79953076421     PISSN: 09527915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coi.2010.12.017     Document Type: Review

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