Metal-derivatized major histocompatibility complex: Zeroing in on contact hypersensitivity

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 197, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 549-552

  Loh, Jacelyn ^a   Fraser, John ^a  

^a THE UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA DR ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; METAL; NICKEL; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ALLELE; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTACT ALLERGY; CROSS REACTION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DERIVATIZATION; HUMAN; HYDROGEN BOND; LYMPHOCYTE CLONE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; METAL BINDING; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; DERMATITIS, CONTACT; GENES, MHC CLASS II; HUMANS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; METALS; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL;

EID: 0037416181     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20022180     Document Type: Note

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