Dual conformations of a T cell receptor Vα homodimer: Implications for variability in VαVβ domain association

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 269, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 385-394

  Li, Hongmin ^a   Lebedeva, Marina I ^a   Ward, Sally E ^b   Mariuzza, Roy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Site directed mutagenesis; T cell receptor; Three dimensional structure; V domain association; V domain

Indexed keywords

MUTANT PROTEIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANTIBODY COMBINING SITE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIMERIZATION; HYDROGEN BOND; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

EID: 0031566433     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1047     Document Type: Article

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