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How a T cell sees sugar

T cells of the immune system recognize lipids, as well as peptides, extending our ideas about such target antigens. A crystal structure of a T-cell receptor docked to antigen shows how a sugar controls lipid recognition.

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Figure 1: Footprints of the T-cell receptor.

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Moody, D. How a T cell sees sugar. Nature 448, 36–37 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature05890

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