Variation in the ligand binding domains of the CD94/NKG2 family of receptors in the squirrel monkey

Immunogenetics

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 799-811

  LaBonte, Michelle L ^a   Russo, Joanne ^a   Freitas, Stephanie ^a   Keighley, Dawn ^a  

^a BRIDGEWATER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CD94; Natural killer cells; NKG2; Positive selection; Squirrel monkey

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CD94 ANTIGEN; DNA; INTRON 4; LECTIN; LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; NATURAL KILLER CELL RECEPTOR NKG2A; NKG2CE PROTEIN; NUCLEOTIDE; RECOMBINANT INTERFERON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SPLICING; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INTRON; LIGAND BINDING; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MARMOSET; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUIRREL MONKEY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD94; BINDING SITES; INTRONS; LIGANDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; SAIMIRI; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

MARMOSETS; PLATYRRHINI; PRIMATES; SAIMIRI;

EID: 35348909018     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00251-007-0249-z     Document Type: Article

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