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HLA class I supertypes: a revised and updated classification.
BMC immunology - 22 Jan 2008
Sidney John, Peters Bjoern, Frahm Nicole, Brander Christian, Sette Alessandro
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BACKGROUND: Class I major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules bind, and present to T cells, short peptides derived from intracellular processing of proteins. The peptide repertoire of a specific molecule is to a large extent determined by the molecular structure accommodating so-called main anchor positions of the presented peptide. These receptors are extremely polymorphic, and much of the polymorphism...
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