Probing natural killer cell education by Ly49 receptor expression analysis and computational modelling in single MHC class I mice

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Johansson, Sofia ^a   Salmon Divon, Mali ^b   Johansson, Maria H ^a   Pickman, Yishai ^c   Brodin, Petter ^a   Kärre, Klas ^a   Mehr, Ramit ^a,c   Höglund, Petter ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b EUROPEAN BIOINFORMATICS INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LY49 RECEPTOR; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; KLRA1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL LECTIN LIKE RECEPTOR SUBFAMILY A;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL SELECTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; BIOSYNTHESIS; C57BL MOUSE; CELL SEPARATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

MURINAE; MUS;

ANIMALS; CELL SEPARATION; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, MHC CLASS I; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NK CELL LECTIN-LIKE RECEPTOR SUBFAMILY A; SOFTWARE;

EID: 67649479393     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006046     Document Type: Article

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