Ten experiments that would make a difference in understanding immune mechanisms

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 405-412

  Cohn, Melvin ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; BCR; Repertoire; Self nonself discrimination; Signaling; TCR

Indexed keywords

B LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ACETYLATION; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; DENDRITIC CELL; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGENICITY; IMMUNOLOGY; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE; THEORY; UBIQUITINATION;

ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNITY; B-LYMPHOCYTES; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MICE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; RESEARCH;

EID: 84856218830     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 14209071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-011-0869-1     Document Type: Article

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