Characterization of rhesus monkey CD94/NKG2 family members and identification of novel transmembrane-deleted forms of NKG2-A, B, C, and D

Immunogenetics

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 496-499

  LaBonte, Michelle L ^a   Levy, Daniel B ^a   Letvin, Norman L ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD94 ANTIGEN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, CD94; CELL MEMBRANE; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LECTINS, C-TYPE; MACACA MULATTA; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE DELETION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0034022632     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002510050650     Document Type: Article

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