HLA-B down-regulation in human melanoma is mediated by sequences located downstream of the transcription-initiation site

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 573-580

  Griffioen, Marieke ^a   Ouwerkerk, Ilse J M ^a   Harten, Veronique ^a   Schrier, Peter I ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA B ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSACTIVATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; DOWN-REGULATION; HLA-A ANTIGENS; HLA-B ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MELANOMA; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0033521848     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19990209)80:4<573::AID-IJC15>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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