TCR nanoclusters as the framework for transmission of conformational changes and cooperativity

Frontiers in Immunology

Volumn 3, Issue MAY, 2012, Pages

  Blanco, Raquel ^a   Alarcón, Balbino ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Conformational changes; Nanoclusters; Oligomers; TCR

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874040939     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16643224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2012.00115     Document Type: Review

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