Killer immunoglobulin-like receptor expression on single cells: A cautionary note

Immunology

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 421-426

  Radeloff, Britta ^a   Laun, Katja ^a   Zirra, Maja ^a   Volz, Armin ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; CD56 ANTIGEN; CELL RECEPTOR; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; KILLER IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CYTOLYSIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANTIGENS, CD3; ANTIGENS, CD56; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, CIRCULAR; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENES, MHC CLASS I; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0346221280     PISSN: 00192805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2567.2003.01761.x     Document Type: Review

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