Evaluation of trophoblast HLA-G antigen with a specific monoclonal antibody

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 135-146

  Loke, Y W ^a   King, A ^a   Burrows, T ^a   Gardner, L ^a   Bowen, M ^a   Hiby, S ^a   Hewlett, S ^a   Holmes, N ^a   Jacobs, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Quantum Bio Systems   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

HLA G; Monoclonal antibody; Trophoblast

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; HLA A2 ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA G ANTIGEN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CHORIOCARCINOMA; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DNA TRANSFECTION; EMBRYO; FETUS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; TROPHOBLAST; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

MURINAE; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0030848299     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.1997.tb02852.x     Document Type: Article

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