Comparison of the rapidly evolving KIR locus in Parsis and natives of India

Immunogenetics

Volumn 60, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 121-129

  Kulkarni, S ^a   Single, R M ^b   Martin, M P ^c   Rajalingam, R ^d   Badwe, R ^a   Joshi, N ^a   Carrington, M ^c  

^a TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

^b University of Vermont ^*  (United States)

^c SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Genotyping; India; KIR; Parsis; Western Indian Hindus

Indexed keywords

DNA; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CELL MIGRATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INDIA; INFECTION RISK; KIR GENE; KIR2DS1 GENE; KIR3DS1 GENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; STRUCTURAL GENE;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; EVOLUTION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; INDIA; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; RECEPTORS, KIR;

EID: 42449109832     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00251-008-0279-1     Document Type: Article

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