Variable Dimerization of the Ly49A Natural Killer Cell Receptor Results in Differential Engagement of its MHC Class I Ligand

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 362, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 102-113

  Dam, Julie ^a   Baber, James ^b   Grishaev, Alexander ^b   Malchiodi, Emilio L ^a   Schuck, Peter ^c   Bax, Ad ^b   Mariuzza, Roy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Ly49A; MHC; NK cell receptor; NMR; residual dipolar coupling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIMERIZATION; LIGAND BINDING; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; SEDIMENTATION RATE; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 33747343901     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2006.07.005     Document Type: Article

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