Characterisation of RT1-E2, a multigenic family of highly conserved rat non-classical MHC class I molecules initially identified in cells from immunoprivileged sites

BMC Immunology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2003, Pages

  Lau, Pierre ^a   Amadou, Claire ^a   Brun, Heélène ^a   Rouillon, Virginie ^a   McLaren, Fiona ^b   Le Rolle, Anne France ^b   Graham, Margaret ^b   Butcher, Geoffrey W ^b   Joly, Etienne ^a,b  

^a CHU PURPAN   (France)

^b BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREFELDIN A; CARRIER PROTEIN; HLA G ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MONENSIN; RTI E2 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SURFACE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GRAFT REJECTION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENETICS; INTRON; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLACENTA; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RAT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 2542465178     PISSN: 14712172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2172-4-7     Document Type: Article

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