Placental expression of HLA class I genes

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 216-225

  Le Bouteiller, Philippe ^a   Rodriguez, Anne Marie ^a   Mallet, Valérie ^a   Girr, Maryse ^a   Guillaudeux, Thierry ^a   Lenfant, Françoise ^a  

^a CHU PURPAN   (France)

Author keywords

Gene regulation; Human pregnancy; MHC class I molecules; Trophoblast cells

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; CYTOTROPHOBLAST; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE CONTROL; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION; TROPHOBLAST;

FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, MHC CLASS I; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0029923788     PISSN: 87558920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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