MHC class I-like MILL molecules are β2-microglobulin- associated, GPI-anchored glycoproteins that do not require TAP for cell surface expression

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 177, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 3108-3115

  Kajikawa, Mizuho ^a,b   Baba, Tomohisa ^c   Tomaru, Utano ^c   Watanabe, Yutaka ^a   Koganei, Satoru ^d   Tsuji Kawahara, Sachiyo ^e   Matsumoto, Naoki ^e   Yamamoto, Kazuo ^e   Miyazawa, Masaaki ^e   Maenaka, Katsumi ^b   Ishizu, Akihiro ^b,f   Kasahara, Masanori ^a,b,c  

^a GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^f HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN MICA; PROTEIN MICB; PROTEIN MILL; PROTEIN MILL1; PROTEIN MILL2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; HAIR FOLLICLE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; THYMOCYTE;

EID: 33747753166     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.177.5.3108     Document Type: Article

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