Mouse CD94/NKG2A is a natural killer cell receptor for the nonclassical major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I molecule Qa-1(b)

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 188, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1841-1848

  Vance, Russell E ^a   Kraft, Jennifer R ^b   Altman, John D ^b   Jensen, Peter E ^b   Raulet, David H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

CD94; Major histocompatibility complex class I; Natural killer cell; NKG2A; Qa 1

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME MAP; CYTOLYSIS; IMMUNOSURVEILLANCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, CD94; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COS CELLS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LECTINS, C-TYPE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0032538916     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.188.10.1841     Document Type: Article

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