HLA-G gene transcriptional regulation in trophoblasts and blood cells: Differential binding of nuclear factors to a regulatory element located 1.1 kb from exon 1

Human Immunology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 41-46

  Moreau, Philippe ^a   Paul, Pascale ^a,b   Gourand, Luc ^c   Prost, Stéphane ^a   Dausset, Jean ^d   Carosella, Edgardo ^a   Kirszenbaum, Marek ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c Hôpital des Metallurgistes   (France)

^d FONDATION JEAN DAUSSET CEPH   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; GENE LOCUS; GENE STRUCTURE; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TROPHOBLAST;

EXONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TROPHOBLASTS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0031035482     PISSN: 01988859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0198-8859(96)00242-X     Document Type: Article

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