Insights into the initiation of TCR signaling

Nature Immunology

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 798-807

  Chakraborty, Arup K ^a,b   Weiss, Arthur ^c  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDE; PROTEIN KINASE LCK; PROTEIN KINASE ZAP 70; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ALLOSTERISM; BIOSENSOR; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MECHANOSENSOR; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 84906241799     PISSN: 15292908     EISSN: 15292916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ni.2940     Document Type: Review

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