This one-stop reference for researchers contains overview chapters and entries on leucocyte antigens. Introductory material reviews the discovery and biochemical analysis of leucocyte surface antigens, protein superfamilies and cell surface molecules, and the architecture and interactions of leucocyte surface molecules. Entries on antigens provide information on molecular weights, human gene location and size, tissue distribution, structure, ligands and associated molecules, function, amino acid sequences, and database accession numbers. Entries also contain comments and references. This second edition is revised and contains about 70 new entries. A chapter on gene locations has been deleted. Includes a color poster. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
A volume in the popular FactsBook Series, the First Edition of The Leucocyte Antigen FactsBook was hugely successful. The new Second Edition has been completely revised, updated, and expanded by 65% to include new findings and up-to-date key references. The introductory chapters have also been updated, especially in terms of nomenclature, the role of the World Wide Web, and new structural data. The Leucocyte Antigen FactsBook, Second Edition contains more than 200 entries, with approximately 70 new entries, on all the molecules specifically expressed in the surface of cells of the haematopoietic system, including all characterized CD antigens, antigen receptors, MHC antigens, adhesion molecules, and cytokine receptors. This FactsBook will be of enormous value to immunologists, cell biologists, biochemists, and endocrinologists.
Key Features
* Completely up-to-date
* Revised and expanded to include over 70 new entries
* More than 200 entries in total, plus additional introductory material
* New structural data
* New nomenclature for CD and related molecules covered
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