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On the issue of peptide recognition in T cell development. 关于 T 细胞发育过程中的肽识别问题。

Self/nonself Pub Date : 2010-01-01 DOI: 10.4161/self.1.1.10962

Travis J Crites, Rajat Varma

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Sphingosine derivatives inhibit cell signaling by electrostatically neutralizing polyphosphoinositides at the plasma membrane. 鞘氨醇衍生物通过静电中和质膜上的多磷酸肌苷抑制细胞信号传导。

Self/nonself Pub Date : 2010-01-01 DOI: 10.4161/self.1.2.11672

Norah L Smith, Stephanie Hammond, Deepti Gadi, Alice Wagenknecht-Wiesner, Barbara Baird, David Holowka

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