Structurally based epitope analysis of major histocompatibility complex class I-related chain A (MICA) antibody specificity patterns

Human Immunology

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 826-832

  Duquesnoy, Rene J ^a   Mostecki, Justin ^b   Hariharan, Jayasree ^b   Balazs, Ivan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Lifecodes Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti MICA antibodies; Epitope structure; Eplet; HLAMatchmaker; MICA

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; HLA A ANTIBODY; HLA ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALGORITHM; ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; HLA SYSTEM; IMMUNOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALGORITHMS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; EPITOPE MAPPING; EPITOPES; GRAFT REJECTION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HUMANS; ISOANTIBODIES; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN BINDING; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TRANSPLANTATION IMMUNOLOGY;

EID: 57149126652     PISSN: 01988859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2008.10.003     Document Type: Article

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