Diversity of the killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor gene KIR2DS4 in the Chinese population

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 133-138

  Yan, L X ^a,b   Zhu, F M ^a,b   Jiang, K ^a,b   He, J ^a,b  

^a BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

^b BLOOD CENTER OF ZHEJIANG PROVINCE   (China)

Author keywords

Allelic frequency; KIR2DS4; Polymerase chain reaction sequence based typing

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHINESE; DNA SEQUENCE; EXON; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR 2DS4 GENE; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EXONS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 33846612854     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: 13990039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2006.00746.x     Document Type: Article

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