Inside the microcluster: Antigen receptor signalling viewed with molecular imaging tools

Immunology

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 271-277

  Tolar, Pavel ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antigen; Imaging; Lymphocyte activation

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN BINDING; IMMUNOLOGICAL SYNAPSE; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; IMMUNOLOGICAL SYNAPSES; MOLECULAR IMAGING; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 79957833444     PISSN: 00192805     EISSN: 13652567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2567.2011.03452.x     Document Type: Review

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