Structural characterization of a soluble and partially folded class I major histocompatibility heavy chain/β2m heterodimer

Nature Structural Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 377-384

  Bouvier, Marlène ^a,c   Wiley, Don C ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; CHAPERONE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1;

ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

BETA 2-MICROGLOBULIN; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DIMERIZATION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HUMANS; HYDROLYSIS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FOLDING; SOLUBILITY; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0031953508     PISSN: 10728368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsb0598-377     Document Type: Article

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