Crucial role of DNA methylation in determination of clonally distributed killer cell Ig-like receptor expression patterns in NK cells

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 169, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 4253-4261

  Santourlidis, Simeon ^a   Trompeter, Hans Ingo ^a   Weinhold, Sandra ^a   Eisermann, Britta ^a   Meyer, Klaus L ^a   Wernet, Peter ^a   Uhrberg, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1;

ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; CLONOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0037108489     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.169.8.4253     Document Type: Article

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