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ReviewBiophysics (Nagoya-shi, Japan)2015

Experimental and theoretical bases for mechanisms of antigen discrimination by T cells.

Masashi K Kajita, Ryo Yokota, Kazuyuki Aihara, Tetsuya J Kobayashi

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Review in Biophysics (Nagoya-shi, Japan), 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors.

Masashi K KajitaDepartment of Mathematical Informatics, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Komaba Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8505, Japan.
Ryo YokotaInstitute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Komaba Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8505, Japan.
Kazuyuki AiharaDepartment of Mathematical Informatics, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Komaba Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8505, Japan; Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Komaba Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8505, Japan.
Tetsuya J KobayashiInstitute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Komaba Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8505, Japan.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Interaction only within specific molecules is a requisite for accurate operations of a biochemical reaction in a cell where bulk of background molecules exist. While structural specificity is a well-established mechanism for specific interaction, biophysical and biochemical experiments indicate that the mechanism is not sufficient for accounting for the antigen discrimination by T cells. In addition, the antigen discrimination by T cells also accompanies three intriguing properties other than the specificity: sensitivity, speed, and concentration compensation. In this work, we review experimental and theoretical works on the antigen discrimination by focusing on these four properties and show future directions towards understanding of the fundamental principle for molecular discrimination.

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concentration compensationkinetic proofreadingsensitivityspecificityspeed

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PMID27493520
PMCPMC4736787

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