Structural evidence of T cell xeno-reactivity in the absence of molecular mimicry

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 189, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 359-370

  Zhao, Rui ^a   Loftus, Douglas J ^b   Appella, Ettore ^b   Collins, Edward J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Crystallography; Major histocompatibility complex; T cell receptor; Transplantation; Xeno reactivity

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CROSS REACTION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; T LYMPHOCYTE; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; CLONE CELLS; CROSS REACTIONS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; H-2 ANTIGENS; HLA ANTIGENS; MICE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC;

EID: 0033579885     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.189.2.359     Document Type: Article

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