Human KLRF1, a novel member of the killer cell lectin-like receptor gene family: Molecular characterization, genomic structure, physical mapping to the NK gene complex and expression analysis

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 568-576

  Roda Navarro, Pedro ^a   Arce, Ignacio ^a   Renedo, Mónica ^a,c   Montgomery, Kate ^b   Kucherlapati, Raju ^b   Fernández Ruiz, Elena ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE LA PRINCESA   (Spain)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Clínica Nuestra Señora de la Concepción   (Spain)

Author keywords

Killer cell lectin like receptor gene; NK cell; NK gene complex

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; LECTIN RECEPTOR; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; TYROSINE;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; CELL ACTIVITY; CHROMOSOME 12P; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; GENE STRUCTURE; GENOME; HEMATOPOIETIC CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGENETICS; LEUKOCYTE; MONOCYTE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 12; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LECTINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 0033963960     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-4141(200002)30:2<568::AID-IMMU568>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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