Evidence that HLA-G is the Functional Homolog of Mouse Qa-2, the Ped Gene Product

Human Immunology

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 999-1004

  Comiskey, Martina ^b   Goldstein, Carmit Y ^b   De Fazio, Sally R ^b   Mammolenti, Michele ^b   Newmark, Judith A ^b   Warner, Carol M ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

HLA G; Ped gene; Preimplantation embryos; Qa 2

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN B SUBUNIT; GENE PRODUCT; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; HLA G ANTIGEN; LIPID; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; PROTEIN QA 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BLASTOCYST; CELL MEMBRANE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FLUORESCENCE; GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOREGULATION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PED GENE; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REPRODUCTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0141619587     PISSN: 01988859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2003.08.352     Document Type: Conference Paper

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