An induced rebinding model of antigen discrimination

T cells have to detect rare high-affinity 'foreign' peptide MHC (pMHC) ligands among abundant low-affinity 'self'-peptide MHC ligands. It remains unclear how this remarkable discrimination is achieved. Kinetic proofreading mechanisms can provide the required specificity but only...

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Main Authors: Dushek, O, Van der Merwe, P
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014