Evolution of NK receptors: A single Ly49 and multiple KIR genes in the cow

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 810-817

  McQueen, Karina L ^a,c   Wilhelm, Brian T ^a,b   Harden, Kristin D ^a,b   Mager, Dixie L ^a,b  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bovine; KIR; Ly49; Molecular evolution; NK receptor

Indexed keywords

CELL RECEPTOR; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN RECEPTOR; LECTIN RECEPTOR; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; TYROSINE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; CYTOPLASM; DNA LIBRARY; DNA SCREENING; GENE FUNCTION; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC CODE; GENOME; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; RETROPOSON; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SPLEEN;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, LY; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CATTLE; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUSES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE LIBRARY; GENES; LECTINS, C-TYPE; MAMMALS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036210439     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-4141(200203)32:3<810::AID-IMMU810>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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