MHC 2 (IMAGE)

Rice University

MHC 2

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An illustration shows the electrostatic charges (blue is positive, red negative) in a major histocompatibility protein bound to a peptide drawn from a SARS-CoV virus. The complex helps trigger the infection of T cells that are part of the immune system. Rice University researchers discovered a non-anchor binding residue in the peptide that could both contribute to binding and to the T-cell activation needed to defeat the virus.

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Kavraki Lab/Rice University

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