Distribution of KIR genes in the Iranian population

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 22-31

  Tajik, N ^a   Shahsavar, F ^a,b   Mousavi, T ^a   Radjabzadeh, M F ^a  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b LORESTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Genotyping; Iranian population; KIR genes; Natural killer cells; Polymerase chain reaction sequence specific primers

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IRAN; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION SEQUENCE SPECIFIC PRIMER GENOTYPING ASSAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; IRAN; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POPULATION; RECEPTORS, KIR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67049155767     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: 13990039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2009.01263.x     Document Type: Article

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