CTL Recognition of a Bulged Viral Peptide Involves Biased TCR Selection.
Miles, J.J., Elhassen, D., Borg, N.A., Silins, S.L., Tynan, F.E., Burrows, J.M., Purcell, A.W., Kjer-Nielsen, L., Rossjohn, J., Burrows, S.R., McCluskey, J., El-Hassen, D.(2005) J Immunol 175: 3826-3834
- PubMed: 16148129 
- DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.175.6.3826
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
1ZSD - PubMed Abstract: 
MHC class I molecules generally present peptides of 8-10 aa long, forming an extended coil in the HLA cleft. Although longer peptides can also bind to class I molecules, they tend to bulge from the cleft and it is not known whether the TCR repertoire has sufficient plasticity to recognize these determinants during the antiviral CTL response ...