=== Glossary of "The Cell (5th ed.)" by [[Alberts_Johnson_Lewis_Raff_Roberts_Walter_2008|Alberts et al. (2008)]] ===
=== Glossary of "The Cell (5th ed.)" by [[Alberts_Johnson_Lewis_Raff_Roberts_Walter_2008|Alberts et al. (2008)]] ===
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*One of two classes of MHC protein. Found on the surface of almost all vertebrate cell types, where it can present peptides derived from an infecting intracellular microbe to cytotoxic T cells.
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*One of two classes of MHC protein. Found on the surface of almost all vertebrate cell types, where it can present peptides derived from an infecting intracellular microbe (such as a virus) to cytotoxic T cells.