The regulation of HLA class I expression: Is HLA-G the odd one out?

Seminars in Cancer Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 55-59

  Gobin, Sam J P ^a   Van den Elsen, Peter J ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

HLA G; MHC class I; Transactivation; Trophoblasts

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA G ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTROPHOBLAST; GENE INDUCTION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRON; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; SHORT SURVEY; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSACTIVATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0033081294     PISSN: 1044579X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/scbi.1998.0109     Document Type: Article

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