Complex structure of the activating immunoreceptor NKG2D and its MHC class I-like ligand MICA

Nature Immunology

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 443-451

  Li, Pingwei ^a   Morris, Daniel L ^a   Willcox, Benjamin E ^b   Steinle, Alexander ^a,c   Spies, Thomas ^a   Strong, Roland K ^a  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Abteilung Immunologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN RECEPTOR; LECTIN; LIGAND; MHC CLASS I RELATED CHAIN A; MHC CLASS I-RELATED CHAIN A; NATURAL KILLER CELL ACTIVATING RECEPTORS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SURFACE PROPERTY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LECTINS; LECTINS, C-TYPE; LIGANDS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 0035347169     PISSN: 15292908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/87757     Document Type: Article

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