title: Bidirectional promoters regulate the monoallelically expressed Ly49 NK receptors.
abstract: Members of the Ly49 gene family of natural killer (NK) cell receptors in mice are expressed in seemingly stochastic combinations such that each NK cell expresses a handful of family members. A transcriptional switch appears to establish this interesting pattern of expression.
authors.affiliation: Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Nine Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
authors.forename: Alexander W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Ensminger
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chess
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D000818:Animals; D000950:Antigens, Ly / Q000378:metabolism*; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D007694:Killer Cells, Natural / Q000378:metabolism*; D037181:Lectins, C-Type; D051379:Mice; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic / Q000378:metabolism*; D055630:Receptors, NK Cell Lectin-Like
chemical_list: D000950:Antigens, Ly; D037181:Lectins, C-Type; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic; D055630:Receptors, NK Cell Lectin-Like