T cells and their eons-old obsession with MHC

Immunological Reviews

Volumn 250, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 49-60

  Yin, Lei ^a   Scott Browne, James ^b,c   Kappler, John W ^a,b   Gapin, Laurent ^b   Marrack, Philippa ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c LA JOLLA INSTITUTE FOR ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative immunology; T cells; T cell receptors; Thymus

Indexed keywords

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

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; BINDING SITES; CROSS REACTIONS; HUMANS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MICE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 84867406318     PISSN: 01052896     EISSN: 1600065X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/imr.12004     Document Type: Article

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