Killer immunoglobulin receptor gene and allele frequencies in Caucasoid, Oriental and Black populations from different continents

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 105-113

  Middleton, D ^a,b   Meenagh, A ^a   Moscoso, J ^c   Arnaiz Villena, A ^c  

^a BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Killer immunoglobulin like receptor genes alleles; Polymorphic variation; Populations

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN RECEPTOR; KILLER IMMUNOGLOBULIN RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUBA; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC DISTANCE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; OMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGAPORE; SOUTH AFRICA;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; MALE; RECEPTORS, KIR;

EID: 38049163997     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: 13990039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2007.00973.x     Document Type: Article

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