Crystal structure of Urtica dioica agglutinin, a superantigen presented by MHC molecules of class I and class II

Structure

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 593-603

  Saul, Frederick A ^a   Rovira, Paula ^a   Boulot, Ginette ^a   Van Damme, Els Jm ^b   Peumans, Willy J ^b   Truffa Bachi, Paolo ^a   Bentley, Graham A ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Crystal structure; Lectin; Saccharide complex; T cell superantigen; Urticadioica agglutinin

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTININ; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; SUPERANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN BINDING; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; T LYMPHOCYTE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MURINAE; URTICA DIOICA;

EID: 0034660570     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-2126(00)00142-8     Document Type: Article

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