Signatures of natural selection and coevolution between killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIR) and HLA class i genes

Genes and Immunity

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 467-478

  Guinan, K J ^a   Cunningham, R T ^b,d   Meenagh, A ^b   Gonzalez, A ^b   Dring, M M ^a   McGuinness, B W ^a   Middleton, D ^c   Gardiner, C M ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

evolution; HLA; killer cell immunoglobulin like receptors; KIR haplotypes; natural selection; NK cells

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; COEVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 77956341183     PISSN: 14664879     EISSN: 14765470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/gene.2010.9     Document Type: Article

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