Variation within the human killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor (KIR) gene family

Critical Reviews in Immunology

Volumn 22, Issue 5-6, 2002, Pages 463-482

  Yawata, Makoto ^a   Yawata, Nobuyo ^a   Abi Rached, Laurent ^a   Parham, Peter ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allotype diversification; Genotype; Haplotype; Natural killer cell; Positive selection

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN RECEPTOR; KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLOTYPE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CENTROMERE; DNA SEQUENCE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EVOLUTION; GENE DUPLICATION; HAPLOTYPE; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NATURAL SELECTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEGREGATION ANALYSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE; TELOMERE;

EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0037654923     PISSN: 10408401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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