TCR-CD1d Interaction and Killer Ig Alloreactivity Instructed by Invariant Human Invariant NKT Cells Display
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A structural basis for selection and cross-species reactivity of the semi-invariant NKT cell receptor in CD1d/glycolipid recognition
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تاریخ انتشار 2008