Exploiting the peptide-MHC water interface in the computer-aided design of non-natural peptides that bind to the class I MHC molecule HLA-A2

Molecular Simulation

Volumn 24, Issue 4-6, 2000, Pages 215-228

  Meng, Wilson S ^a,b   Bui, Huynh Hoa ^a   Haworth, Ian S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer aided design; MHC; Non natural peptide; Simulation; Water

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005873453     PISSN: 08927022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927020008022372     Document Type: Article

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