Natural killer cell inhibitory receptor expression in humans and mice: A closer look

Frontiers in Immunology

Volumn 4, Issue MAR, 2013, Pages

  Sternberg Simon, Michal ^a   Brodin, Petter ^b,f   Pickman, Yishai ^a   Önfelt, Björn ^b,c   Kärre, Klas ^b   Malmberg, Karl Johan ^b,d,e   Höglund, Petter ^b   Mehr, Ramit ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Killer immunoglobulin like receptor; Ly49; MHC class I; Product rule; Repertoire

Indexed keywords

LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; NATURAL KILLER CELL INHIBITORY RECEPTOR; NATURAL KILLER CELL RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 84883813470     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16643224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2013.00065     Document Type: Article

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