Characterizing the functionality of recombinant T-cell receptors in vitro: A pMHC tetramer based approach

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 236, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 147-165

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Binding assay; MHC tetramer; Protein folding; Receptor ligand interactions; TCR

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; MONOMER; RECOMBINANT RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TETRAMER;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; BIOTINYLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LIGAND BINDING; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS VIRUS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TECHNIQUE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS VIRUS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ARMORACIA RUSTICANA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0033952004     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1759(99)00226-4     Document Type: Article

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