Ly49A transgenic mice provide evidence for a major histocompatibility complex-dependent education process in natural killer cell development

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 185, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2079-2088

  Held, Werner ^a,b   Raulet, David H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LUDWIG INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; KILLER CELL; LIGAND BINDING; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; TARGET CELL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, LY; H-2 ANTIGENS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED CBA; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0030918325     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.185.12.2079     Document Type: Article

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