Recognition of human histocompatibility leukocyte antigen (HLA)-E complexed with HLA class I signal sequence-derived peptides by CD94/NKG2 confers protection from natural killer cell-mediated lysis

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 187, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 813-818

  Borrego, Francisco ^a   Ulbrecht, Matthias ^b   Weiss, Elisabeth H ^b   Coligan, John E ^a   Brooks, Andrew G ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD94 ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA B27 ANTIGEN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CELL PROTECTION; CYTOLYSIS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, CD94; CYTOTOXICITY, IMMUNOLOGIC; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LECTINS, C-TYPE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0032473478     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.187.5.813     Document Type: Article

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