Sheep perforin: Identification and expression by γδ T cells from pregnant sheep uterine epithelium

Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 68, Issue 2-4, 1999, Pages 293-296

  Fox, Annette ^a   Meeusen, Els ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

T cells; Intraepithelial lymphocytes; Perforin; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

PERFORIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CELL GRANULE; CYTOTOXICITY; ENDOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHEEP; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PORE FORMING CYTOTOXIC PROTEINS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, GAMMA-DELTA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SHEEP; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC; UTERUS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0033016156     PISSN: 01652427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-2427(99)00028-8     Document Type: Article

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