The natural killer cell receptor specific for HLA-A allotypes: A novel member of the p58/p70 family of inhibitory receptors that is characterized by three immunoglobulin-like domains and is expressed as a 140-kD disulphide- linked dimer

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 184, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 505-518

  Pende, Daniela ^a   Biassoni, Roberto ^a   Cantoni, Claudia ^a   Verdiani, Simonetta ^a   Falco, Michela ^a   Di Donato, Carolina ^a   Accame, Laura ^a   Bottino, Cristina ^a   Moretta, Alessandro ^b,c   Moretta, Lorenzo ^a,b  

^a CENTRO DI BIOTECNOLOGIE AVANZATE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA A3 ANTIGEN; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA C ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CONTROLLED STUDY; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY;

EID: 10144227765     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.184.2.505     Document Type: Article

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