Definition of gene content for nine common group B haplotypes of the Caucasoid population: KIR haplotypes contain between seven and eleven KIR genes

Immunogenetics

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 221-229

  Uhrberg, Markus ^a,b   Parham, Peter ^a,b   Wernet, Peter ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Caucasoid; KIR gene; KIR haplotype

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; FAMILY; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE SEGREGATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; KILLER CELL; KIR GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PSEUDOGENE;

EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HUMANS; LIGANDS; MALE; PEDIGREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0036326792     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00251-002-0463-7     Document Type: Article

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