Genomic structure, chromosome location, and alternative splicing of the human NKG2A gene

Immunogenetics

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 286-291

  Plougastel, Béatrice ^a   Jones, Tania ^a   Trowsdale, John ^a  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CHROMOSOME 12P; CHROMOSOME 6; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSMID; EXON; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0029814547     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02602558     Document Type: Article

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