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The problem of plain vanilla peptides

Nature Immunology volume 4, pages 649–650 (2003)Cite this article

The anti-influenza CD8+ T cell response in HLA-A2 adults is dominated by a specific TCR. The crystal structure of the TCR and peptide-MHC complex show unusual interactions that help to explain the molecular basis of this dominant TCR selection.

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