A robust method for production of MHC tetramers with small molecule fluorophores

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 319, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 13-20

  Ramachandiran, Vasanthi ^a,b   Grigoriev, Vitalii ^a,b   Lan, Lan ^a,b   Ravkov, Eugene ^a,b   Mertens, Suzanne A ^a,b   Altman, John D ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flow cytometry; MHC tetramers; Streptavidin

Indexed keywords

ALLOPHYCOCYANIN; CYSTEINE; FLUORESCEIN; FLUORESCENT DYE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN; MALEIMIDE DERIVATIVE; PHYCOBILIPROTEIN; PHYCOERYTHRIN; REAGENT; STREPTAVIDIN; TETRAMER;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BIOTINYLATION; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOLECULAR SIZE; MOLECULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; T LYMPHOCYTE;

FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCEIN-5-ISOTHIOCYANATE; FLUORESCENT DYES; HLA-A ANTIGENS; HUMANS; PHYCOCYANIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; STAINING AND LABELING; STREPTAVIDIN;

EID: 33846185499     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jim.2006.08.014     Document Type: Article

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