Evidence for the expression of HLA-C class I mRNA and protein by human first trimester trophoblast

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 156, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2068-2076

  King, Ashley ^a   Boocock, Christine ^a   Sharkey, Andrew M ^a   Gardner, Lucy ^a   Beretta, Alberto ^b   Siccardi, Antonio G ^b   Loke, Yung Wai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA C ANTIGEN; MESSENGER RNA; PLACENTA PROTEIN;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE LOCUS; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; NIDATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPHOBLAST; BIOSYNTHESIS; FEMALE; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; SERODIAGNOSIS;

BASE SEQUENCE; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HLA-C ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRECIPITIN TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY PROTEINS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; RNA, MESSENGER; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 0029666048     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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