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Gene required for normal MHC class II expression and function is localized to approximately 45 kb of DNA in the class II region of the MHC.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 15 Mar 1994
Ceman S, Petersen J W, Pinet V, DeMars R
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In certain mutant human B cell lines, MHC-encoded class II molecules displayed at the cell surface have an abnormal conformation and are unstable in the presence of SDS. The mutants cannot present exogenous protein Ags to T cells but elicit responses with exogenous antigenic peptides; thus, formation of intracellular complexes between antigenic peptides and class II molecules is impaired. Previous analysis of LCL...
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