Insights into the structure of the LC13 TCR/HLA-B8-EBV peptide complex with molecular dynamics simulations

Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 283-295

  Stavrakoudis, Athanassios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

turn; Epstein Barr virus; HLA B8; Molecular dynamics; pMHC TCR interactions; TCR interactions

Indexed keywords

HLA B8 ANTIGEN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMISTRY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; HYDROGEN BOND; IMMUNOLOGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HLA-B8 ANTIGEN; HYDROGEN BONDING; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL;

HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 4;

EID: 79958252468     PISSN: 10859195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12013-011-9151-2     Document Type: Article

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