A 4-Year-Old Boy Suffers from an Immunodeficiency Disease Characterized by Impaired

question 18

Multiple Choice

A 4-year-old boy suffers from an immunodeficiency disease characterized by impaired T cell activation.The disease is caused by genetic deficiency of a membrane protein whose cytoplasmic tail is involved in intracellular signaling in response to T cell receptor (TCR) recognition of antigen.Which one of the following proteins does NOT fit this description?

• A)TCR\(\alpha\)
• B)CD3\(\gamma\)
• C)(\(\zeta\))
• D)CD4
• E)CD3?

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