Duplication, mutation and recombination of the human orphan gene KIR2DS3 contribute to the diversity of KIR haplotypes

Genes and Immunity

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 431-437

  Ordonez D ^a   Meenagh, A ^b   Gomez Lozano N ^a   Castano J ^a   Middleton, D ^b   Vilches, C ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PUERTA DE HIERRO   (Spain)

^b BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL RECEPTOR; KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR; KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR 2DS3; PROTEIN KIR; PROTEIN KIR2DS3;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CENTROMERE; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORPHAN GENE; PARALOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

GENE DUPLICATION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MUTATION; RECEPTORS, KIR; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 48349127046     PISSN: 14664879     EISSN: 14765470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/gene.2008.34     Document Type: Article

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