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T-cell receptor
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T-cell receptors (TCR) reside on the surface of T lymphocytes. TCR recognizes antigens bound to major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules. The binding of TCR to the antigen-MHC activates the T lymphocytes. TCR is a heterodimer of α+β subunits and ca. 5% the T cells have a γ+δ subumits TCR heterodimer. For more details see SP3.4-TCR-HLA-DQ8-∝-1-gliadin_complex.
3D structures of T-cell receptor
Updated on 11-December-2014
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