Cutting edge: The human cytomegalovirus UL40 gene product contains a ligand for HLA-E and prevents NK cell-mediated lysis

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 164, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 5019-5022

  Ulbrecht, Matthias ^a   Martinozzi, Silvia ^b   Grzeschik, Mariola ^a   Hengel, Hartmut ^c   Ellwart, Joachim W ^d   Pla, Marika ^b   Weiss, Elisabeth H ^a  

^a Inst Anthropologie und Humangenetik   (Germany)

^b SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; HLA ANTIGEN; LIGAND; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; CYTOTOXICITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS GENE;

EID: 0034658344     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.164.10.5019     Document Type: Article

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