HLA-G Is Found in Lipid Rafts and Can Act as a Signaling Molecule

Human Immunology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-11

  Comiskey, Martina ^a   Domino, Kenneth E ^a   Warner, Carol M ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

HLA G; lipid rafts; MHC; Qa 2; signaling

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GENE PRODUCT; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; HLA G ANTIGEN; PROTEIN QA 2; SPHINGOLIPID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LIPID RAFT; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOUSE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD3; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MEMBRANE MICRODOMAINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED CBA; MICE, TRANSGENIC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 33845899362     PISSN: 01988859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2006.09.005     Document Type: Article

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