Molecular cloning of NKp46: A novel member of the immunoglobulin superfamily involved in triggering of natural cytotoxicity

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 188, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 953-960

  Pessino, Anna ^a,b   Sivori, Simona ^a   Bottino, Cristina ^b   Malaspina, Angela ^b   Morelli, Luigia ^a   Moretta, Lorenzo ^a,b   Biassoni, Roberto ^b   Moretta, Alessandro ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b CENTRO DI BIOTECNOLOGIE AVANZATE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Activating receptors; Cell mediated cytotoxicity; Molecular cloning; Natural killer cells; Tumor target cells

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN NKP46; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CHROMOSOME 19; CYTOTOXICITY; GENE ISOLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CATTLE; CELL LINE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYTOTOXICITY, IMMUNOLOGIC; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DOGS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RABBITS; RATS; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0032494190     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.188.5.953     Document Type: Article

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