Lack of MHC-G4 and soluble (G5, G6) isoforms in the higher primates, Pongidae

Human Immunology

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1164-1168

  Castro, M J ^a   Morales, P ^a   Martinez Laso, J ^a   Allende, L ^a   Rojo Amigo, R ^a   Gonzalez Hevilla, M ^a   Varela, P ^a   Moscoso, J ^a   Garcia Berciano, M ^a   Arnaiz Villena, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Evolution; MHC G; Natural killer cells; Placenta; Primates

Indexed keywords

HLA G ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; APE; CONFERENCE PAPER; EVOLUTION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLACENTA; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HLA ANTIGENS; HOMINIDAE; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0034523096     PISSN: 01988859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0198-8859(00)00189-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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