Reconciling views on T cell receptor germline bias for MHC

Trends in Immunology

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 429-436

  Garcia, K Christopher ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; CODON; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HUMAN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; HUMANS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL;

EID: 84865281416     PISSN: 14714906     EISSN: 14714981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.it.2012.05.005     Document Type: Review

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