Two genes in the rat homologous to human NKG2

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 444-450

  Berg, Siri Fuglem ^a   Dissen, Erik ^a   Westgaard, Ingunn H ^a   Fossum, Sigbjørn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

C type lectin; NK cell; NK gene complex; Rat

Indexed keywords

CD94 ANTIGEN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, CD94; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LECTINS, C-TYPE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RATS; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 0031936433     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-4141(199802)28:02<444::AID-IMMU444>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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