Distribution of killer-cell immunoglobulin-like receptor genes in Eastern mainland Chinese Han and Taiwanese Han populations

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 499-507

  Wu, G Q ^a,b   Zhao, Y M ^a   Lai, X Y ^a   Yang, K L ^c   Zhu, F M ^d   Zhang, W ^d   Wang, W ^d   Luo, Y ^a   Tan, Y M ^a   Wang, Y J ^a   Cao, W J ^a   Huang, H ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b YIWU CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^c BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d BLOOD CENTER OF ZHEJIANG PROVINCE   (China)

Author keywords

Eastern mainland Chinese Han; Killer cell immunoglobulin like receptor; Killer cell immunoglobulin like receptor frequencies; Killer cell immunoglobulin like receptor genotypes; Linkage disequilibrium; Taiwanese Han

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN; KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CHINESE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR GENE; LEUKOCYTE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAIWAN;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; GENOTYPE; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; RECEPTORS, KIR; TAIWAN;

EID: 70449420094     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: 13990039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2009.01366.x     Document Type: Article

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