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Diminished class II-associated Ii peptide binding to the juvenile dermatomyositis HLA-DQ alpha 1*0501/DQ beta 1*0301 molecule.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 15 Dec 1997
Reed A M, Collins E J, Shock L P, Klapper D G, Frelinger J A
Abstract excerpt
HLA class II molecules bind and present peptide Ags to T cells, binding specific sets of peptides due to polymorphism in the peptide binding groove. Class II proteins associate with the invariant chain (Ii chain) and its derived class II-associated Ii peptide (CLIP). Ii chain association is important for normal trafficking of class II proteins to the peptide loading vesicles and for blocking premature access of...
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