The role of the cytoskeleton at the immunological synapse

Immunological Reviews

Volumn 256, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 107-117

  Ritter, Alex T ^a   Angus, Karen L ^a   Griffiths, Gillian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cytoskeleton; Synapse; T lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL MOTILITY; CENTROSOME; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CYTOSKELETON; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; IMMUNOLOGICAL SYNAPSE; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTE MIGRATION; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

CYTOSKELETON; SYNAPSE; T LYMPHOCYTES;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL MOVEMENT; CENTROSOME; CYTOSKELETON; DYNEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGICAL SYNAPSES; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICROTUBULES; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 84885356395     PISSN: 01052896     EISSN: 1600065X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/imr.12117     Document Type: Article

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