The Structural Basis of Ligand Recognition by Natural Killer Cell Receptors
Joint Authors
Source
Issue
Vol. 2011, Issue 2011 (31 Dec. 2011), pp.1-15, 15 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2011-05-18
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
15
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Natural killer cells are a group of lymphocytes which function as tightly controlled surveillance operatives which identify transformed cells through a discrete balance of activating and inhibitory receptors ultimately leading to the destruction of incongruent cells.
The understanding of this finely tuned balancing act has been aided by the high-resolution structure determination of activating and inhibitory receptors both alone and in complex with their ligands.
This paper collates these structural studies detailing the aspects which directly relate to the natural killer cell function and serves to inform both the specialized structural biologist reader and a more general immunology audience.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Joyce, M. Gordon& Sun, Peter D.. 2011. The Structural Basis of Ligand Recognition by Natural Killer Cell Receptors. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-15.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-989920
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Joyce, M. Gordon& Sun, Peter D.. The Structural Basis of Ligand Recognition by Natural Killer Cell Receptors. BioMed Research International No. 2011 (2011), pp.1-15.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-989920
American Medical Association (AMA)
Joyce, M. Gordon& Sun, Peter D.. The Structural Basis of Ligand Recognition by Natural Killer Cell Receptors. BioMed Research International. 2011. Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-15.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-989920
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-989920