A structurally variant form of the 2B4 antigen is expressed on the cell surface of mouse mast cells

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 589-592

  Kubota, Koichi ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

2B4; Mast cell; Surface membrane antigen

Indexed keywords

CD244 PROTEIN, MOUSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN RECEPTOR; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; CD244 ANTIGEN; GLYCOPROTEIN; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY 2B4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MAST CELL; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; CELL SURFACE; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; BASE SEQUENCE; CELLS, CULTURED; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MAST CELLS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036024618     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2002.tb02739.x     Document Type: Article

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