MICA and MICB genes: Can the enigma of their polymorphism be resolved?

Trends in Immunology

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 378-385

  Stephens, Henry A F ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF UROLOGY AND NEPHROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL RECEPTOR; GENE PRODUCT; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CHROMOSOME 6; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EPITHELIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; NATURAL KILLER CELL; POPULATION GENETICS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; STRESS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS, POPULATION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LIGANDS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC;

EID: 0034923215     PISSN: 14714906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1471-4906(01)01960-3     Document Type: Review

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