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Identification of two novel human CD1E alleles.
Tissue antigens - 1 Aug 2000
Mirones I, Oteo M, Parra-Cuadrado J F, Martínez-Naves E
Abstract excerpt
CD1 is a family of proteins structurally related to major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules and specialized in presenting lipids or glycolipids to T cells. In humans, there are five CD1 genes (CD1A to CD1E). It has been shown that, in contrast with classical MHC genes, CD1 loci display a very limited polymorphism. In the present work we describe two novel CD1E alleles found in two healthy Caucasian...
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