T-cell receptors: Feeling out the complex
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Recent crystallographic studies show that the T-cell receptor has a largely immunoglobulin-like structure and binds to MHC-peptide complexes through loops from paired Valpha and Vbeta domains that focus on the central amino acids of the MHC-bound peptide, and to bacterial superantigens via peripheral aspects of the Vbeta domain.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Current Biology
دوره 7 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1997