Fig. 2A: MHC Molecule with Bound
Peptide Binding to a Complementary T-Cell Receptor

This illustration shows a T-cell
receptor (TCR) on the surface of a T-lymphocyte recognizing two polymorphic
residues of a MHC molecule and one residue of its bound peptide epitope.
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