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In Chapters 3 and 4, the technique of peptide synthesis on activated membrane supports was described in detail. In this chapter, a setup will be presented that allows the researcher to obtain limited structural data regarding the peptides under investigation. The data are derived from experimental procedures combined with theoretical considerations. These procedures and theoretical considerations are described for the epitope analysis of an autoantigen. However, since antibody-antigen systems represent special cases of protein-protein interactions, the same strategies may be applied when protein-protein interactions in general are investigated.
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Blüthner, M., Koch, J., Mahler, M. (2002). Mutational Analysis and Structure Predictions. In: Koch, J., Mahler, M. (eds) Peptide Arrays on Membrane Supports. Springer Lab Manuals. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-09229-3_9
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