Crystal structure of the lamprey variable lymphocyte receptor C reveals an unusual feature in its N-terminal capping module

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Kanda, Ryo ^a   Sutoh, Yoichi ^b,c   Kasamatsu, Jun ^b   Maenaka, Katsumi ^a   Kasahara, Masanori ^b   Ose, Toyoyuki ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VARIABLE LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR A; VARIABLE LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR B; VARIABLE LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR C;

ANTIGEN BINDING; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GAMMA DELTA T LYMPHOCYTE; LAMPREY; LETHENTERON JAPONICUM; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; CYSTINE; FISH PROTEINS; LAMPREYS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY, PROTEIN;

EID: 84899870617     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0085875     Document Type: Article

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