Divergent and convergent evolution of NK-cell receptors

Trends in Immunology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 52-57

  Barten, Roland ^a   Torkar, Michaela ^a   Haude, Anja ^a   Trowsdale, John ^a   Wilson, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN RECEPTOR; LECTIN RECEPTOR; LIGAND; LY 49 RECEPTOR; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; NATURAL KILLER CELL RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS;

EID: 0034913883     PISSN: 14714906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1471-4906(00)01802-0     Document Type: Review

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