Distinct diversity of KIR genes in three southern Indian populations: Comparison with world populations revealed a link between KIR gene content and pre-historic human migrations

Immunogenetics

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 207-217

  Rajalingam, Raja ^a   Du, Zeying ^a   Meenagh, Ashley ^d   Luo, Lihui ^a   Kavitha, Valampuri John ^c   Pavithra Arulvani, Rajamanickam ^c   Vidhyalakshmi, Arumugam ^c   Sharma, Surendra K ^b   Balazs, Ivan ^e   Reed, Elaine F ^a   Pitchappan, Ramasamy M ^c   Middleton, Derek ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c MADURAI KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e Lifecodes Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Human variation; KIR genes; NK cells; Polymorphism; Southern Indians

Indexed keywords

KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INDIA; INDIAN; IRAN; MIGRATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INDIA; RECEPTORS, KIR; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 43049099932     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00251-008-0286-2     Document Type: Article

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