Heterogeneity among Ly-49C natural killer (NK) cells: Characterization of highly related receptors with differing functions and expression patterns

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 184, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2085-2090

  Brennan, Jack ^a   Lemieux, Suzanne ^b   Freeman, J Douglas ^a   Mager, Dixie L ^a   Takei, Fumio ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOGENETICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN CELL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, LY; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL MEMBRANE; COS CELLS; DNA PRIMERS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LECTINS, C-TYPE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0030442752     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.184.6.2085     Document Type: Article

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