A new angle on TCR activation.

نویسندگان

  • Jia-huai Wang
  • Ellis L Reinherz
چکیده

Functional cognate T cell recognition is mediated via the interaction of a T cell receptor complex with its pMHC ligand. Adams et al. (2011) in this issue of Immunity provide evidence that docking geometry may impact 2D binding and T cell activation.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Immunity

دوره 35 5  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2011