Genomic diversity of natural killer cell receptor genes in three populations

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 358-362

  Toneva, M ^a   Lepage, V ^b   Lafay, G ^b   Dulphy, N ^b   Busson, M ^b   Lester, S ^c   Vu Trien, A ^d   Michaylova, A ^a   Naumova, E ^a   McCluskey, J ^e   Charron, D ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^b SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^c AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS BLOOD SERVICE   (Australia)

^d Medical College   (Viet Nam)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

C type lectin; KIR; MHC class I; NK cells; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN RECEPTOR; KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAUCASIAN; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KIR GENE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; VIET NAM;

EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; VARIATION (GENETICS); VIETNAM;

EID: 0034986721     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0039.2001.057004358.x     Document Type: Article

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