Folding, heterodimeric association and specific peptide recognition of a murine αβ T-cell receptor expressed in Escherichia coli

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 285, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1831-1843

  Pecorari, Frédéric ^a   Tissot, Alain C ^a   Plückthun, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

MHC; Protein folding; Receptor ligand interactions; TCR

Indexed keywords

DISULFIDE; PEPTIDE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPRESSION VECTOR; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MURINAE;

EID: 0033613818     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.2422     Document Type: Article

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