Tissue distribution of the mRNA for a rhesus monkey major histocompatibility class Ib molecule, Mamu-AG

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 282-291

  Slukvin, I I ^a   Watkins, D I ^a,b   Golos, Thaddeus G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Maternal fetal immune tolerance; MHC class I; Nonhuman primate; Placenta; Pregnancy; Trophoblast

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MESSENGER RNA;

ADRENAL GLAND; AMNION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; HEART; HYPOPHYSIS; INTESTINE; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; LYMPH NODE; NONHUMAN; OVARY; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHESUS MONKEY; RIBONUCLEASE PROTECTION ASSAY; SALIVARY GLAND; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SKIN; SPINAL CORD; SPLEEN; TESTIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; GENES, MHC CLASS I; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MACACA MULATTA; PLACENTA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBONUCLEASES; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0032991387     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0039.1999.530309.x     Document Type: Article

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