Human major histocompatibility molecules have the intrinsic ability to form homotypic associations

Human Immunology

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 585-598

  Triantafilou, Kathy ^a   Triantafilou, Martha ^a   Wilson, Keith M ^b   Fernandez, Nelson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dimers of dimers; HLA class I; HLA DQ; HLA DR

Indexed keywords

DIMER; HLA DQ ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMERIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMOSTABILITY;

ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, B-LYMPHOCYTE; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL LINE; DIMERIZATION; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FIBROBLASTS; HEAT; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HLA ANTIGENS; HLA-DQ ANTIGENS; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0034040718     PISSN: 01988859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0198-8859(00)00112-9     Document Type: Article

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