in vitroMHCI

A Townsend1, T Elliott, V Cerundolo

  • 1Institute of Molecular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford, England.

Cell
|July 27, 1990
PubMed
まとめ

この研究では,ペプチドがクラスI分子とどのように組み合わされるかを調査する in vitro システムを導入しています. ペプチドは,I級重鎖構造とβ2マイクログローブリン結合を効率的に安定させ,免疫反応に不可欠です.

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