HLA-G polymorphisms and molecule function - Questions and more questions - A review

Placenta

Volumn 21, Issue SUPPL.1, 2000, Pages

  Van Der Ven, K ^a   Pfeiffer, K ^a   Skrablin, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA G ANTIGEN; HLA-G ANTIGEN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR;

ALLELE; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; REVIEW;

ALLELES; ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; FEMALE; GENES, MHC CLASS I; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY MAINTENANCE; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL;

EID: 0034152329     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/plac.1999.0515     Document Type: Article

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