Ly49C Products

The monoclonal antibody 14B11 reacts with murine Ly49C, Ly49F, Ly49H and Ly49I, members of the lectin-like homodimeric Ly49 family of cell surface receptors. (1) Mouse Ly49 receptors exhibit allelic specificity for MHC class I Ia molecules and are thought to serve to prevent natural killer (NK) cells from attacking normal cells, while allowing them to attack infected or transformed cells in which class I molecules have been down-regulated. (2) These inhibitory receptors are also expressed on a ...