HLA-G isoforms produced by placental cytotrophoblasts and found in amniotic fluid are due to unusual glycosylation

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 160, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 5922-5928

  McMaster, Michael ^a   Zhou, Yan ^a   Shorter, Simon ^d   Kapasi, Kubra ^c   Geraghty, Dan ^c   Lim, Kee Hak ^b   Fisher, Susan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c USA   (United States)

^d Adeza Biomedical Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN; MESSENGER RNA;

AMNION FLUID; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CYTOTROPHOBLAST; HLA SYSTEM; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMNIOTIC FLUID; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; FEMALE; GLYCOSYLATION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; TROPHOBLASTS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0032526631     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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