A common KIR2DS4 deletion variant in the human that predicts a soluble KIR molecule analogous to the KIR1D molecule observed in the rhesus monkey

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 254-258

  Maxwell, L D ^a,b   Wallace, A ^b   Middleton, D ^a,b,c   Curran, Martin D ^a,b  

^a BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

KIR2DS4 deletion variant; Novel carboxyl end; Secreted KIR molecule

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN KIR2DS4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; IMMUNOGLOBULIN RECEPTOR; KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR; KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN-LIKE RECEPTOR; KIR2DS2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; KIR2DS4 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; EXON; GENE DELETION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; GENETICS; KILLER CELL; MACACA; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SOLUBILITY;

MACACA MULATTA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; EXONS; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS; MACACA MULATTA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 1842858906     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0039.2002.600307.x     Document Type: Article

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