T Cells, UC San Diego School of Medicine (IMAGE)

University of California - San Diego

T Cells, UC San Diego School of Medicine

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CD8+ T cell undergoing asymmetric division to form two different daughter cells: a killer cell and a memory cell. Tubulin, a component of the cell's cytoskeleton, is shown in red and DNA is shown in blue. CD3 (green) is a molecule that helps to stimulate killer T cells, and here CD3 molecules are seen clustering on the side of the dividing cell that will give birth to a killer cell.

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