Germain R N
Lymphocyte Biology Section, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-1892, USA.
Curr Biol. 1997 Oct 1;7(10):R640-4. doi: 10.1016/s0960-9822(06)00323-x.
T-cell receptors bound to peptide-MHC molecules undergo higher-order oligomerization in solution. This observation, the low-affinity-recognition properties of T-cell receptors, and other indications that such receptors undergo rapid, serial engagement by a single ligand suggest a dynamic clustering model of T-cell signaling.