Separate Functional Domains of Human MD-2 Mediate Toll-Like Receptor 4-Binding and Lipopolysaccharide Responsiveness

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 171, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 5272-5276

  Re, Fabio ^a   Strominger, Jack L ^a,b  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AROMATIC AMINO ACID; BASIC AMINO ACID; CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; CYSTEINE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN MD 2; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; COMPLEX FORMATION; DISULFIDE BOND; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GENE DISRUPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROPHILICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; RECEPTOR BINDING; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

EID: 0242495481     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.171.10.5272     Document Type: Article

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