Figure 1.
Chimeric receptor structure and sequence of the dileucine motif. Chimeric constructs were created by linking components in a cassette fashion. Extracellular and transmembrane domains are derived from the MHC class I H-2Kb molecule. The murine CD28 and TCR-ζ cytoplasmic tails were attached as described.10 PCR mutagenesis was used to introduce the leucine to glycine change in the CD28 tail. This corresponds to an L184G and L185G conversion in the CD28 sequence (GenBank accession NP_031668).