Identification of mouse MD-2 residues important for forming the cell surface TLR4-MD-2 complex recognized by anti-TLR4-MD-2 antibodies, and for conferring LPS and taxol responsiveness on mouse TLR4 by alanine-scanning mutagenesis

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 413-420

  Kawasaki, Kiyoshi ^a   Nogawa, Hisashi ^a   Nishijima, Masahiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ANTIBODY; CELL PROTEIN; CYSTEINE; GLUTAMINE; GLYCINE; HISTIDINE; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; PACLITAXEL; PHENYLALANINE; PROLINE; PROTEIN MD 2; TLR4 MD2 ANTIBODY; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALINE;

ARTICLE; CELL SURFACE; CHEMICAL MUTAGENESIS; CODON; COMPLEX FORMATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 0037220924     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.170.1.413     Document Type: Article

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