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Structural analysis of H2-Db class I molecules containing two different allelic forms of the type 1 diabetes susceptibility factor beta-2 microglobulin: implications for the mechanism underlying variations in antigen presentation.
Molecular immunology - 1 Mar 2006
Roden Matthew M, Brims Daniel R, Fedorov Alexander A, DiLorenzo Teresa P, Almo Steven C, Nathenson Stanley G
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Beta-2 microglobulin (beta2m) is a member of the immunoglobulin-like domain superfamily that is an essential structural subunit of the MHC class I (MHC-I) molecule. beta2m was previously identified as a susceptibility factor for the development of type 1 diabetes (T1D) in NOD mice, whereby transg...
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