Sequence analysis of a 62-kb region overlapping the human KLRC cluster of genes

Genomics

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 193-199

  Plougastel, Béatrice ^a,c   Trowsdale, John ^b  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD94 ANTIGEN; GLYCOPROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN NKG 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE ORDER; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

RODENTIA;

EID: 0032522235     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/geno.1997.5197     Document Type: Article

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