Production, crystallization, and preliminary X-ray analysis of the human MHC class Ib molecule HLA-E

Protein Science

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1264-1266

  O'Callaghan, Christopher A ^a   Tormo, José ^b,c,d   Willcox, Benjamin E ^a,b   Blundell, Charlie D ^a   Jakobsen, Bent K ^a   Stuart, David I ^b,c   Mcmichael, Andrew J ^a   Bell, John I ^a   Jones, E Yvonne ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d DEPT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Class Ib major histocompatibility complex molecule crystallization; HLA E; Human leukocyte antigen; Major histocompatibility complex; Natural killer cells; Nonclassical major histocompatiblity complex molecule; X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM SULFATE; BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; HLA ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE;

ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ARTICLE; CRYSTALLIZATION; LIGAND BINDING; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0031836060     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560070525     Document Type: Article

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