Cutting edge: Expansion of the KIR locus by unequal crossing over

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 171, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 2192-2195

  Martin, Maureen P ^a   Bashirova, Arman ^b   Traherne, James ^c   Trowsdale, John ^c   Carrington, Mary ^a,b  

^a SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL RECEPTOR; KILLER IG LIKE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CROSSING OVER; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0042931290     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.171.5.2192     Document Type: Article

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