Coevolution of T-cell receptors with MHC and non-MHC ligands

Immunological Reviews

Volumn 267, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 30-55

  Castro, Caitlin D ^a   Luoma, Adrienne M ^a   Adams, Erin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; MHC; MHC like class I; Non classical class I; Structure; TCR recognition

Indexed keywords

CD1 ANTIGEN; CD1D ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; PROTEIN CDR3; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITAMIN; LIGAND; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; PROTEIN BINDING;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL POPULATION; COEVOLUTION; GAMMA DELTA T LYMPHOCYTE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HUMAN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; NATURAL KILLER T CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; T LYMPHOCYTE; VERTEBRATE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; LIGANDS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 84939490766     PISSN: 01052896     EISSN: 1600065X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/imr.12327     Document Type: Article

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