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Tetraspanins in the humoral immune response
22 Mar 2011
Abstract excerpt
The tetraspanins represent a large superfamily of four-transmembrane proteins that are expressed on all nucleated cells. Tetraspanins play a prominent role in the organization of the plasma membrane by co-ordinating the spatial localization of transmembrane proteins and signalling molecules into 'tetraspanin microdomains'. In immune cells, tetraspanins interact with key leucocyte receptors [including MHC...
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