Assembly and crystallization of the complex between the human T cell coreceptor CD8α homodimer and HLA-A2

Protein Science

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1245-1249

  Gao, George F ^a   Gerth, Ulrich C ^a   Wyer, Jessica R ^a   Willcox, Benjamin E ^a   O'Callaghan, Christopher A ^a   Zhang, Zhihong ^a   Jones, E Yvonne ^a   Bell, John I ^a   Jakobsen, Bent K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CD8; HLA A2; Protein crystallization; Protein folding; Receptor ligand complex

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; CD8 ANTIGEN; DIMER; EPITOPE; HLA A2 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; MESSENGER RNA; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CODON; CRYSTALLIZATION; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; INSECT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; RECEPTOR BINDING; STOICHIOMETRY;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; INSECTA;

EID: 0031807776     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560070520     Document Type: Article

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