H-2M3 encodes the MHC class I molecule presenting the maternally transmitted antigen of the mouse.

doi:10.1016/0092-8674(91)90623-7

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H-2M3 encodes the MHC class I molecule presenting the maternally transmitted antigen of the mouse.

Cell - 26 Jul 1991

Wang C R, Loveland B E, Lindahl K F

Abstract excerpt

Mta, the maternally transmitted antigen of mice, is a hydrophobic, N-formylated mitochondrial peptide, MTF, presented on the cell surface to cytotoxic T lymphocytes by a novel major histocompatibility complex class I molecule, encoded by H-2M3. We have cloned and sequenced two alleles of M3, whic...

Topics

Alleles
Amino Acid Sequence
Animals
Base Sequence
Blotting, Northern
Blotting, Southern
Cloning, Molecular
Cosmids
DNA
Female
Gene Library
Genes, MHC Class I
H-2 Antigens
Male
Mice
Mice, Inbred BALB C
Molecular Sequence Data
RNA, Messenger

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