Variable NK cell receptors exemplified by human KIR3DL1/S1

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 187, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 11-19

  Parham, Peter ^a   Norman, Paul J ^a   Abi Rached, Laurent ^a   Guethlein, Lisbeth A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA B ANTIGEN; KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR; KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR 3DL1; KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR 3DS1; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; NATURAL KILLER CELL RECEPTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; GENE; GENE CONVERSION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; KIR3DL1 GENE; KIR3DS1 GENE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SHORT SURVEY; SIMIAN;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HLA-B ANTIGENS; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PHYLOGENY; RECEPTORS, KIR3DL1; RECEPTORS, KIR3DS1;

EID: 79960398846     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0902332     Document Type: Short Survey

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