Caracterización de péptidos unidos a la molécula HLA-A2.1 de la clase I MHC por espectrometría de masas

D F Hunt1, R A Henderson, J Shabanowitz

  • 1Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville 22903.

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|March 6, 1992
PubMed
Resumen

Los investigadores identificaron estructuras peptídicas únicas unidas a las moléculas HLA-A2.1 utilizando espectrometría de masas avanzada. Este método analiza de manera eficiente los péptidos de las células relacionadas con la enfermedad, ayudando a comprender la presentación del antígeno de las células T.

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