Article
Organization of the human T-cell receptor genes.
European cytokine network - 1 Jan 2000
Lefranc M P
Abstract excerpt
T lymphocytes recognize antigens through their membrane bound T-cell receptors. Whereas the conventional T-cell receptors are heterodimers of alpha and beta chains, expressed at the surface of CD3+ CD4+ and CD3+ CD8+ T lymphocytes, the gamma delta T-cell receptors are found at the surface of a subset of T-lymphocytes of phenotype CD3+ CD4- CD8-. The synthesis of the T-cell receptor chains results from the...
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