Detailed gene and allele content analysis of three homozygous KIR haplotypes

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 72-77

  Murdoch, S ^a   Seoud, M ^b   Kircheisen, R ^c   Mazhar, B ^d   Slim, R ^a,e  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^c Institut für Klinische Genetik   (Germany)

^d PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^e MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Genomic KIR primers; Homozygous KIR haplotypes; KIR alleles; KIR sequencing

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HAPLOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ALLELES; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 19; HAPLOTYPES; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 33745136441     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: 13990039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2006.00606.x     Document Type: Article

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