Predicting binding affinities of protein ligands from three-dimensional models: Application to peptide binding to class I major histocompatibility proteins

Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 22, 1999, Pages 4650-4658

  Rognan, Didier ^a   Lauemøller, Sanne Lise ^b   Holm, Arne ^c   Buus, Søren ^b   Tschinke, Vincenzo ^d  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; HLA SYSTEM; HYDROGEN BOND; LIGAND BINDING; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOLECULAR MODEL; PROTEIN BINDING; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; LIGANDS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; OLIGOPEPTIDES;

EID: 0033523959     PISSN: 00222623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jm9910775     Document Type: Article

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