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Reduced cell surface expression of HLA-C molecules correlates with restricted peptide binding and stable TAP interaction.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 1 Jan 1998
Neisig A, Melief C J, Neefjes J
Abstract excerpt
HLA-C molecules are poorly expressed at the cell surface compared with HLA-A and HLA-B locus products. The reason for the low surface expression and the underlying mechanism is unclear. We show that the HLA-C4 allele is expressed intracellularly in amounts similar to HLA-A and HLA-B alleles. However, the majority of the HLA-C4 molecules is not transported, but is retained in the endoplasmic reticulum by stable...
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