The distribution of 13 killer-cell immunoglobulin-like receptor loci in UK blood donors from three ethnic groups

European Journal of Immunogenetics

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 213-221

  Cook, Mark A ^a,b   Moss, P A H ^a   Briggs, D C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL RECEPTOR; GENOMIC DNA; KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

BLOOD DONORS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INDIA; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0038311704     PISSN: 09607420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2370.2003.00394.x     Document Type: Article

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