Challenging the tritope model of T cell receptor structure-function relationships with classical data on 'super' and 'Allo-MHC' antigens

Scandinavian Journal of Immunology

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 313-324

  Cohn, M ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN; SUPERANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ALLELE; ALLOIMMUNITY; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DNA SYNTHESIS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE LOCUS; HAPLOTYPE; HYBRIDOMA; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEADY STATE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; T LYMPHOCYTE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; VALIDITY;

ANIMALS; EPITOPES; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MICE; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SUPERANTIGENS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 84883788788     PISSN: 03009475     EISSN: 13653083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/sji.12092     Document Type: Article

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