Production, crystallization, and preliminary X-ray analysis of the human MHC class Ib molecule HLA-E.
HLA-E is the first human class Ib major histocompatibility complex molecule to be crystallized. HLA-E is highly conserved and almost nonpolymorphic, and has recently been shown to be the first specialized ligand for natural killer cell receptors. In functional studies, HLA-E is unlike the class Ia M...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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1998
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