Christopher J. Savoie (savoie at bioreg.kyushu-u.ac.jp) wrote:
: I think that an appropriate addendum would be:
: .. and what does the thing [CD4] do anyways!
: Perhaps CD4 gets too much attention for its
: role as the receptor for HIV, but what do we
: actually know about the _proper_ , non-pathogenic ligands for this molecule?
CD4 binds to the beta chain of the MHC class II molecule during antigen
presentation and in turn participates in the intracellular signal
transduction pathways which follow, briefly.
TKendrick
