Antigen recognition by variable lymphocyte receptors

Science

Volumn 321, Issue 5897, 2008, Pages 1834-1837

  Han, Byung Woo ^a   Herrin, Brantley R ^b   Cooper, Max D ^b   Wilson, Ian A ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; BLOOD GROUP H ANTIGEN; BLOOD GROUP O ANTIGEN; LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TRISACCHARIDE;

ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYTOLOGY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; VERTEBRATE;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAGFISH; LAMPREY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR INTRINSIC ACTIVITY; VERTEBRATE;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HUMANS; HYDROGEN BONDING; HYDROPHOBICITY; LAMPREYS; LYMPHOCYTES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN; TRISACCHARIDES;

SOLENOIDEA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 52949150063     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1162484     Document Type: Article

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