Multiple products of class Ib Qa-2 genes which ones are functional?

Research in Immunology

Volumn 147, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 290-301

  Stroynowski, I ^a,b   Tabaczewski, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; QA 2 ANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOREGULATION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0029758957     PISSN: 09232494     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0923-2494(96)89642-8     Document Type: Article

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