KIR genes polymorphism in Argentinean Caucasoid and Amerindian populations

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 568-576

  Flores, A C ^a   Marcos, C Y ^a   Paladino, N ^a   Capucchio, M ^a   Theiler, G ^a   Arruvito, L ^a   Pardo, R ^b   Habegger, A ^c   Williams, F ^d   Middleton, D ^d,e   Fainboim, L ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Clinica Medica   (Argentina)

^c Hospital Julio C Perrando   (Argentina)

^d BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^f HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS JOSÉ DE SAN MARTÍN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Amerindians; KIR gene polymorphism; KIR2DL4 alleles; Natural killer cells

Indexed keywords

KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLELES; ARGENTINA; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; HAPLOTYPES; HLA-C ANTIGENS; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 34248354695     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: 13990039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2007.00824.x     Document Type: Article

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