Co-dominant expression of the HLA-G gene and various forms of alternatively spliced HLA-G mRNA in human first trimester trophoblast

Human Immunology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 87-98

  Hviid, Thomas V F ^a,c   Møller, Charlotte ^b   Sørensen, Steen ^a   Morling, Niels ^c  

^a Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^b 30 Kettegaard Allé ^*  (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ARTICLE; CELL PROTECTION; CODOMINANCE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOME IMPRINTING; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; NATURAL KILLER CELL MEDIATED CYTOTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SPLICING; TROPHOBLAST;

ALLELES; ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HETEROZYGOTE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 0032006653     PISSN: 01988859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0198-8859(97)00259-0     Document Type: Article

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