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On the logic of restrictive recognition of peptide by the T-cell antigen receptor

Author: Melvin Cohn

Published in: Immunologic Research | Issue 1/2011

Abstract

This essay provides an analysis of the inadequacy of the current view of restrictive recognition of peptide by the T-cell antigen receptor. A competing model is developed, and the experimental evidence for the prevailing model is reinterpreted in the new framework. The goal is to contrast the two models with respect to their consistency, coverage of the data, explanatory power, and predictability.

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Title: On the logic of restrictive recognition of peptide by the T-cell antigen receptor
Author: Melvin Cohn
Publication date: 01-05-2011
Publisher: Humana Press Inc
Published in: Immunologic Research / Issue 1/2011
Print ISSN: 0257-277X
Electronic ISSN: 1559-0755
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12026-010-8173-y

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