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Activation of T lymphocytes and the role of the adapter LAT.
Transplant immunology - 1 Dec 2006
Aguado Enrique, Martínez-Florensa Mario, Aparicio Pedro
Abstract excerpt
The adapter molecule LAT (Linker for the Activation of T cells) is a membrane protein that becomes phosphorylated on conserved tyrosine residues upon TCR/CD3 complex engagement in T lymphocytes. Tyrosine phosphorylation of this adapter recruits to the membrane many signaling proteins through the interaction with the phosphotyrosine binding domains of these proteins, allowing the activation of several...
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