Non-natural and photo-reactive amino acids as biochemical probes of immune function

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Gómez Nuñez, Marta ^a   Haro, Kurtis J ^a,b   Dao, Tao ^a   Chau, Deming ^a,b   Won, Annie ^a,b   Escobar Alvarez, Sindy ^a,b   Zakhaleva, Victoriya ^a   Korontsvit, Tatyana ^a   Gin, David Y ^a   Scheinberg, David A ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b Weill Graduate School of Medical Sciences of Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; PEPTIDE VACCINE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; WT1 PROTEIN; CROSS LINKING REAGENT; GAMMA INTERFERON; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN; HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA A0201 ANTIGEN; HLA-A0201 ANTIGEN; PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CATABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; FLUORINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGENICITY; IN VITRO STUDY; LEUKEMIA CELL; MOLECULAR PROBE; NEPHROBLASTOMA; PROTEIN INTERACTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; WESTERN BLOTTING; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DONOR; DRUG EFFECT; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOLOGY; KINETICS; LIGHT; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN BINDING; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACIDS; CELL LINE; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS; HLA-A ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERFERON-GAMMA; KINETICS; LIGHT; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MOLECULAR PROBES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN BINDING; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC; TISSUE DONORS; WT1 PROTEINS;

EID: 58049208310     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003938     Document Type: Article

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