Allelic diversity in KIR2DL4 in a bone marrow transplant population: Description of three novel alleles

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 157-159

  Shulse, C ^a   Steiner, N K ^a   Hurley, C K ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Allelic diversity; Human; Killer immunoglobulin like receptor; Natural killer cell

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLELES; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 34347386238     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: 13990039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2007.00864.x     Document Type: Article

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