HLA-G: What's new?

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 146-149

  Bouteiller, Philippe L ^a  

^a CHU PURPAN   (France)

Author keywords

HLA G; Isoforms; Placenta; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

CD8 ANTIGEN; CELL RECEPTOR; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA; HLA ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA G ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CYTOLYSIS; DNA POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STOP CODON; TROPHOBLAST;

EID: 0343924228     PISSN: 87558920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.1997.tb00290.x     Document Type: Review

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