Three-dimensional structural analysis of a crystal was
performed to investigate molecular binding of TCR and HLA-peptide complex.
We made a crystal from the HIV epitopes presented by two types of HLA-B*5101
we previously identified by the joint research with Oxford University.
3-dimensional crystal structure was revealed by X-ray analysis. Clarification
of structure of HLA-peptide complex that TCR recognizes allowed to examine
the changes of TCR recognition, on a molecular level, in response to epitopesf
variability that is involved in HIV immune escape.
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