The NKG2 natural killer cell receptor family: Comparative analysis of promoter sequences

Genes and Immunity

Volumn 1, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 504-508

  Brostjan, C ^a   Sobanov, Y ^b   Glienke, J ^c   Hayer, S ^b   Lehrach, H ^c   Francis, F ^c,d   Hofer, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

^d NONE   (France)

Author keywords

Natural killer cell receptors; NKG2 genes; Promoter sequences; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN RECEPTOR; NATURAL KILLER CELL ACTIVATING RECEPTORS;

ARTICLE; CELL LINE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION;

BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; DNA; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC;

EID: 0034566193     PISSN: 14664879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.gene.6363715     Document Type: Article

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