Natural killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor (KIR) locus profiles in African and South Asian populations

Genes and Immunity

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 86-95

  Norman, Paul J ^a   Carrington, C V F ^b   Byng, M ^c   Maxwell, L D ^d   Curran, M D ^d   Stephens, H A F ^e   Chandanayingyong, D ^f   Verity, D H ^g   Hameed, K ^h   Ramdath, D D ^b   Vaughan, R W ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d N Ireland Tissue Typing Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

^e INSTITUTE OF UROLOGY AND NEPHROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^f MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^g ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^h AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

African; KIR frequencies; KIR haplotypes; KIR profiles; South Asian

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; IMMUNOGLOBULIN RECEPTOR; KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN-LIKE RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; ASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NEGRO; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SOUTH ASIA; T LYMPHOCYTE; AFRICA; BANGLADESH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; INDIA; PAKISTAN; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

AFRICA, WESTERN; BANGLADESH; GENE FREQUENCY; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INDIA; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; PAKISTAN; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

EID: 0036548911     PISSN: 14664879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.gene.6363836     Document Type: Article

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