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T cell sensitivity and specificity - Kinetic proofreading revisited

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Chan, C; George, AJT; Stark, J
Published in: Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems Series B
January 1, 2003

T cells recognise foreign antigen presented by antigen presenting cells at extremely low concentrations, and are able to discriminate between different ligands with high specificity. McKeithan's kinetic proofreading model is often invoked to explain this sensitivity and specificity of the T cell. In this paper, we analyse the strengths and limitations of this model, and suggest that it does not seem adequate to explain the observed degree of T cell sensitivity, specificity and robustness.

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Published In

Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems Series B

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ISSN

1531-3492

Publication Date

January 1, 2003

Volume

3

Issue

3

Start / End Page

343 / 360

Related Subject Headings

  • Applied Mathematics
  • 4904 Pure mathematics
  • 4901 Applied mathematics
  • 0102 Applied Mathematics
  • 0101 Pure Mathematics
 

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Chan, C., George, A. J. T., & Stark, J. (2003). T cell sensitivity and specificity - Kinetic proofreading revisited. Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems Series B, 3(3), 343–360. https://doi.org/10.3934/dcdsb.2003.3.343
Chan, C., A. J. T. George, and J. Stark. “T cell sensitivity and specificity - Kinetic proofreading revisited.” Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems Series B 3, no. 3 (January 1, 2003): 343–60. https://doi.org/10.3934/dcdsb.2003.3.343.
Chan C, George AJT, Stark J. T cell sensitivity and specificity - Kinetic proofreading revisited. Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems Series B. 2003 Jan 1;3(3):343–60.
Chan, C., et al. “T cell sensitivity and specificity - Kinetic proofreading revisited.” Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems Series B, vol. 3, no. 3, Jan. 2003, pp. 343–60. Scopus, doi:10.3934/dcdsb.2003.3.343.
Chan C, George AJT, Stark J. T cell sensitivity and specificity - Kinetic proofreading revisited. Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems Series B. 2003 Jan 1;3(3):343–360.

Published In

Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems Series B

DOI

ISSN

1531-3492

Publication Date

January 1, 2003

Volume

3

Issue

3

Start / End Page

343 / 360

Related Subject Headings

  • Applied Mathematics
  • 4904 Pure mathematics
  • 4901 Applied mathematics
  • 0102 Applied Mathematics
  • 0101 Pure Mathematics