The serial engagement model 17 years after: Fromtcr triggering to immunotherapy

Frontiers in Immunology

Volumn 3, Issue AUG, 2012, Pages

  Valitutti, Salvatore ^a,b,c  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^c Laboratoire d'Excellence Toulouse Cancer TOUCAN   (France)

Author keywords

Immunological synapse; Signal transduction; T cell antigen receptor; T lymphocyte activation; TCR serial engagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871402513     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16643224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2012.00272     Document Type: Review

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