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An analysis of the antigen binding site of RT1.Aa suggests an allele-specific motif

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  1. Christopher J. Thorpe

    Present address: Microbiology and Tumorbiology Centre, Karolinska Institute, S-17177, Stockholm, Sweden

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  1. Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Bloomsbury Molecular Recognition Centre, Department of Crystallography, Birkbeck College, Malet Street, WC1E 7HX, London, England

    Christopher J. Thorpe, David S. Moss & Paul J. Travers

  2. Imperial Cancer Research Fund Unit for Structural Molecular Biology, Department of Crystallography, Birkbeck College, Malet Street, WC1E 7HX, London, England

    Christopher J. Thorpe & Paul J. Travers

  3. Laboratory of Immunogenetics, Department of Immunology, The Babraham Institute, CB2 4AT, Cambridge, England

    Simon J. Powis, Jonathan C. Howard & Geoffrey W. Butcher

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Thorpe, C.J., Moss, D.S., Travers, P.J. et al. An analysis of the antigen binding site of RT1.Aa suggests an allele-specific motif. Immunogenetics 41, 329–331 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00172160

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