Identification of distal KIR promoters and transcripts

Genes and Immunity

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 124-130

  Stulberg, M J ^a   Wright, P W ^b   Dang, H ^a   Hanson, R J ^c   Miller, J S ^c   Anderson, S K ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ALU SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBONUCLEASE PROTECTION ASSAY; RNA SPLICING;

CELL LINE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, INTERGENIC; HUMANS; LUCIFERASES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBONUCLEASES; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

MURINAE;

EID: 33847769464     PISSN: 14664879     EISSN: 14765470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.gene.6364363     Document Type: Article

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