Immunology: Keeping mother at bay
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چکیده
Like its better-known polymorphic relatives, HLA-G, a relatively unpolymorphic class I MHC molecule expressed by fostal trophoblast cells, binds short peptides with a defined sequence motif; HLA-G may play an important role in maternal tolerance to a fostus.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Current Biology
دوره 6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1996