Inhibition of natural killer cells by a cytomegalovirus MHC class I homologue in vivo

Nature

Volumn 386, Issue 6624, 1997, Pages 510-514

  Farrell, H E ^a   Vally, H ^a   Lynch, D M ^a   Fleming, P ^a   Shellam, G R ^a   Scalzo, A A ^a   Davis Poynter, N J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LECTINS, C-TYPE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OPEN READING FRAMES; PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VIRAL PROTEINS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0030937295     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/386510a0     Document Type: Article

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