Gene structure of the murine NK cell receptor 2B4: Presence of two alternatively spliced isoforms with distinct cytoplasmic domains

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 2392-2399

  Stepp, Susan E ^a   Schatzle, John D ^a   Bennett, Michael ^a   Kumar, Vinay ^a   Mathew, Porunelloor A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

2B4 receptor; Alternative splicing; Gene expression; Gene structure; NK cell

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2; LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; GENE STRUCTURE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0032793466     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-4141(199908)29:08<2392::AID-IMMU2392>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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