Evidence map›Paper›PMID 17233741›Full record

ReviewImmunology2007

On a key postulate of T-cell receptor restrictive function: the V-gene loci act as a single pool encoding recognition of the polymorphic alleles of the species major histocompatibility complex.

Melvin Cohn

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Review in Immunology, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Melvin CohnConceptual Immunology Group, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA. cohn@salk.edu

Funding

EVOLUTIONARY MODELS OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEMR01RR007716 · NCRR · SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES · PI COHN, MELVIN · 1991 to 2010
$4.5M
NCRR NIH HHS R01 RR007716NCRR NIH HHS RR07716
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The proposition that single Valpha or Vbeta gene segments specify the recognition of the allele-specific determinants expressed on the major histocompatibility complex-encoded restricting elements of the species has as its consequence a totally different picture of the functioning of the T-cell receptor. This commentary justifies this assumption and outlines some of its most important consequences.

Indexed as

Genes, ImmunoglobulinMajor Histocompatibility ComplexAllelesAnimalsHumansImmunoglobulin Variable RegionModels, ImmunologicalPolymorphism, GeneticReceptors, Antigen, T-CellImmunoglobulin Variable RegionReceptors, Antigen, T-Cell

Identifiers

PMID17233741
PMCPMC2265876

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