Mechanisms of copy number variation and hybrid gene formation in the KIR immune gene complex

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 737-751

  Traherne, James A ^a   Martin, Maureen ^b,c   Ward, Rosemary ^a   Ohashi, Maki ^a   Pellett, Fawnda ^e   Gladman, Dafna ^e   Middleton, Derek ^d   Carrington, Mary ^b,c   Trowsdale, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA STRUCTURE; FAMILY STUDY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE NUMBER; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HYBRID GENE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPOSON;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENE DOSAGE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; GENETIC VARIATION; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; RECEPTORS, KIR;

EID: 77950542839     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddp538     Document Type: Article

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