Photophysical analysis of class I major histocompatibility complex protein assembly using a xanthene-derivatized β2-microglobulin

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1552-1560

  Gakamsky, Dmitry M ^a   Davis, Daniel M ^b   Haas, Elisha ^c   Strominger, Jack L ^b   Pecht, Israel ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; EXCITATION; FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR PROBE; OLIGOMERIZATION; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0033020586     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(99)77314-5     Document Type: Article

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