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Here's a quick overview of T cell lymphoctyes.
T lymphocytes also arise in the bone marrow. Unlike B cells, which mature within the bone marrow, T cells migrate to the thymus gland to mature. During its maturation within the thymus, the T cell comes to express a unique antigen-binding molecule, called the T-cell receptor, on its membrane.
Unlike membrane-bound antibodies on B cells,which can recognize antigen alone, T-cell receptors can recognize only antigen that is bound to cell-membrane proteins called major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules.
MHC molecules that function in this recognition event,which is termed “antigen presentation,” are polymorphic (genetically diverse) glycoproteins found on cell membranes.
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