Investigation of killer cell immunoglobulinlike receptor gene diversity: I. KIR2DL4

Human Immunology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 31-38

  Williams, Fionnuala ^a   Meenagh, Ashley ^a   Sleator, Carole ^a   Middleton, Derek ^a,b  

^a BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allele identification; KIR2DL4; SSOP

Indexed keywords

DNA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

ALLELE; CAUCASIAN; CELL LINE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KILLER CELL; KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULINLIKE RECEPTOR GENE; MOLECULAR TYPING; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 1142297745     PISSN: 01988859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2003.10.009     Document Type: Conference Paper

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