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ArticleProtein science : a publication of the Protein Society1998

Assembly and crystallization of the complex between the human T cell coreceptor CD8alpha homodimer and HLA-A2.

G F Gao, U C Gerth, J R Wyer, B E Willcox, C A O'Callaghan, Z Zhang, E Y Jones, J I Bell, B K Jakobsen

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Article in Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society, 1998. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic studies of swine CD8α.Acta crystallographica. Section F, Structural biology and crystallization communications · 2011
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  3. Expression, purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of rhesus macaque CD8alphaalpha homodimer.Acta crystallographica. Section F, Structural biology and crystallization communications · 2010
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  6. Refolding, crystallization and preliminary X-ray structural studies of the West Nile virus envelope (E) protein domain III.Acta crystallographica. Section F, Structural biology and crystallization communications · 2005
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  7. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray structural studies of a high-affinity CD8alphaalpha co-receptor to pMHC.Acta crystallographica. Section F, Structural biology and crystallization communications · 2005
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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

G F GaoMolecular Immunology Group, Institute of Molecular Medicine, Oxford University, John Radcliffe Hospital, United Kingdom.
U C Gerth
J R Wyer
B E Willcox
C A O'Callaghan
Z Zhang
E Y Jones
J I Bell
B K Jakobsen
University of Oxford · GBJohn Radcliffe Hospital · GBDyson (United Kingdom) · GBMRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology · GB

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A strategy for overexpression in Escherichia coli of the extracellular immunoglobulin domain of human CD8alpha was devised using codon usage alterations in the 5' region of the gene, designed so as to prevent the formation of secondary structures in the mRNA. A fragment of CD8alpha, comprising residues 1-120 of the mature protein, excluding the signal peptide and the membrane-proximal stalk region, was recovered from bacterial inclusion bodies and refolded to produce a single species of homodimeric, soluble receptor. HLA-A2 heavy chain, beta2-microglobulin and a synthetic peptide antigen corresponding to the pol epitope from HIV-1 were also expressed in E. coli, refolded and purified. CD8alpha/HLA-A2 complexes were formed in solution and by co-crystallization with a stoichiometry of one CD8alpha alpha dimer to one HLA-A2-peptide unit.

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AnimalsCHO CellsCricetinaeCrystallizationDimerizationEscherichia coliHLA-A2 AntigenHumansInsectaMass SpectrometryProtein FoldingReceptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-betaHLA-A2 AntigenReceptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta

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PMID9605330
PMCPMC2143999
OpenAlexW2078551708

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