Cloning of murine NKG2A, B and C: Second family of C-type lectin receptors on murine NK cells

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 755-761

  Lohwasser, Stefan ^a   Hande, Prakash ^a   Mager, Dixie L ^a,b   Takei, Fumio ^a,b  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

C type lectin; Murine NKG2; NK receptor

Indexed keywords

CD94 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2; LECTIN RECEPTOR; LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MESSENGER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 6; CYTOPLASM; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN CELL;

EID: 0033025724     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1521-4141(199903)29:03<755::aid-immu755>3.0.co;2-x     Document Type: Article

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