HLA-G: On the track of immunological functions

European Journal of Immunogenetics

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 397-408

  Le Bouteiller, P ^a  

^a CHU PURPAN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL RECEPTOR; DNA; HLA ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA G ANTIGEN; HLA-G ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN RECEPTOR;

ALLELE; CHROMOSOME 6P; CYTOTROPHOBLAST; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EVOLUTION; EXON; GENE STRUCTURE; GRAFT REJECTION; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INTRON; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; STOP CODON; ANIMAL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TROPHOBLAST;

VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENES, MHC CLASS I; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MAMMALS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 0031242147     PISSN: 09607420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2370.1997.d01-109.x     Document Type: Review

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