Killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIR) of the African-origin sabaeus monkey: Evidence for recombination events in the evolution of KIR

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 922-935

  Hershberger, Karen L ^a   Kurian, Jessica ^a   Korber, Bette T ^b,c   Letvin, Norman L ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

KIR; Molecular evolution; NK receptor; Non human primate; Recombination

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN RECEPTOR; KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR; KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR 2DL4; KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR 2DL5; KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR 3DH; KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR 3DL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYBRID; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 15844400150     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.200425408     Document Type: Article

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