HLA-G1 protein expression is not essential for fetal survival

Placenta

Volumn 19, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 127-132

  Ober, C ^a   Aldrich, C ^a   Rosinsky, B ^a   Robertson, A ^a   Walker, M A ^a   Willadsen, S ^a   Verp, M S ^a   Geraghty, D E ^b   Hunt, J S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; HLA ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA G1 ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; EXON; FEMALE; FETUS CELL; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 0031913341     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0143-4004(98)90000-5     Document Type: Article

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